| 100% | TOP | 3 | With 69-Across, a film with 27- and 64-Across |
| 68% | GAYDIVORCEE | 11 | 27- and 64-Across film, with "The" |
| 59% | ADDAMS | 6 | With 27-Across and 37-Across, Anjelica Huston/Raúl Juliá film with a first Thanksgiving reenactment scene |
| 58% | SHALLWEDANCE | 12 | 27- and 64-Across film |
| 56% | EVERYSPRING | 11 | With 37- and 64-Across, a seasonal observation |
| 56% | WHATISA | 7 | With 27- and 35-Across, a Halloween riddle |
| 56% | GLASS | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose title was inspired by a Beatles song |
| 55% | AGREEKSTOICSAID | 15 | With 27- and 47-Across, a philosophy prof's remark |
| 54% | FISTBUMPOR | 10 | With 40 and 64 Across, congratulatory choices |
| 53% | THE | 3 | With 63- and 64-Across, privileged info, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 51% | BILLY | 5 | Name associated with the starts of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 51% | LEAD | 4 | With 69-Across, Iditarod front-runner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | WEST | 4 | With 7- and 5-Across, 2021 film remake of a classic 1957 musical |
| 50% | GUESSWHOSCOMING | 15 | With 28 Across, a Kate Oscar film |
| 50% | FOUR | 4 | With 69-Across, childish taunt ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to the asterisked clues |
| 50% | BOS | 3 | Logan Airport luggage letters ... and a hint to 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 50% | CLAY | 4 | Potter's material associated with the end of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 50% | TRADITIONAL | 11 | With 49- and 69-Across, a hint to the meanings of the bracketed clues |
| 50% | SEPARATE | 8 | With 68-Across, 1958 David Niven film, and a feature of the starred answers |
| 50% | ONOFFSWITCH | 11 | Electrical device with a hint to answering 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 49% | WAGTHE | 6 | With 122 Across, a Hoffman-De Niro film |
| 49% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | ABEAUTIFULDAYIN | 15 | With 64 Across, 2019 Hanks film |
| 49% | HOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 15 | Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| 49% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 48% | LEFTRIGHT | 9 | With 64-Across, the political spectrum, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | TALEOFTWOCITIES | 15 | Classic novel, following "A," with a literal hint to 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 48% | YEAROFTHEOX | 11 | 2021 in the Chinese zodiac, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 40-Across |
| 48% | FINDINGNEMO | 11 | 2003 animated film … with a hint to 17-, 32- and 41-Across |
| 48% | BUTDOCTOR | 9 | With 14 and 19 Across, punchline of a joke about a clown |