| 100% | DATE | 4 | With 6-Across, Carell/Fey romantic comedy of 2010 |
| 43% | DATE | 4 | "Night" 2010 Steve Carell, Tina Fey comedy, ___ |
| 42% | DATENIGHT | 9 | 2010 comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MEL | 3 | With 6-Across, a man of many voices |
| 41% | SPACE | 5 | With 6-Across, newly proposed branch of the military |
| 41% | ONES | 4 | With 6-Across, column left of the decimal (appropriate today) |
| 40% | SEA | 3 | With 6-Across, it has the densest fur of any animal |
| 40% | HARD | 4 | With 6-Across, product of fermenting apples |
| 40% | BUG | 3 | With 6-Across, causes of summer itches |
| 40% | POWER | 5 | With 6-Across, source of generational wealth? |
| 39% | FREE | 4 | With 6-Across, guarantee of the First Amendment |
| 39% | BASS | 4 | With 6 Across, music staff symbol |
| 39% | ROALD | 5 | With 6 Across, Willy Wonka creator |
| 39% | LIFE | 4 | With 6- and 8-Across, shared belief of Christianity and Islam |
| 39% | JAMES | 5 | With 6-Across, director of the F.B.I. |
| 39% | ALARM | 5 | With 6-Across, cause of many a rude awakening |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 6 Across, something to cut to |
| 38% | ITS | 3 | With 55-Across, film comedy bomb of 1994 |
| 37% | DRIVE | 5 | With 6-Across, type of window at a fast food restaurant |
| 37% | SAM | 3 | With 6-Across, winner of four Grammys at the 2015 Grammy Awards |
| 36% | HES | 3 | "___ Just Not That into You," a 2009 romantic comedy featuring an ensemble cast with the likes of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston |
| 36% | DATE | 4 | "___ Night" (2010 comedy starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell) |
| 36% | SINGLE | 6 | With 31-Across, 2010 Grammy Song of the Year by Beyoncé |
| 36% | VALENTINESDAY | 13 | 2010 hit romantic comedy costarring 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MANNERS | 7 | Comedy of __, drama style with witty observations |
| 36% | SHARP | 5 | With 6-Down, acute power of discernment |
| 36% | TINA | 4 | Fey of comedy |
| 36% | TRUE | 4 | With 6-Across, genre of the podcast "Serial" or Capote's "In Cold Blood" |
| 36% | MONTYPYTHON | 11 | With 58-Across, 1975 comedy that includes the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog |
| 35% | NEAR | 4 | With 6-Down, Turkey is part of it |