| 100% | SPICE | 5 | With 69-Across, locales for this puzzle's theme |
| 72% | SALON | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's theme |
| 61% | PRESIDENTIAL | 12 | With 116 Across, this puzzle's theme |
| 59% | STAFF | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 56% | AUCTION | 7 | Setting for this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | CASINOGAME | 10 | Venue for this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | TECH | 4 | Field for this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | EIGHTOFCLUBS | 12 | Apt playing card for this puzzle’s theme? |
| 55% | SOMECELEBRITIESYOUCAN | 21 | With 115 Across, theme of this puzzle |
| 51% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | With "The," classic guide for writers, and this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | GETTINGONESDUCKS | 16 | With 69-Across, organizational process implied by eight answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Locale suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | RAINING | 7 | With 41-Across, title for this puzzle |
| 50% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | SOULMAN | 7 | Top-20 hit single for this puzzle's theme duo: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SAYHELLOTOMY | 12 | With 48-Across, memorable Al Pacino movie line ... or a hint for this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | LANE | 4 | Site associated with this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | BAT | 3 | With 41-Down, this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | THE | 3 | With 59-Across, TV home for this puzzle's five featured TV personalities |
| 48% | BIRD | 4 | With 41-Across, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | TAROT | 5 | With 29-Down, source of this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | THREEMUSKETEERS | 15 | Group with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | USMAP | 5 | Inspiration for the jokes in this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | TAN | 3 | With 69-Across, beach markings ... 14 of which are hidden vertically and horizontally elsewhere in this puzzle |
| 48% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | OTHELLO | 7 | Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | RAN | 3 | With 64-Across, chanced upon, and this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | GRETAGARBO | 10 | Actress who's the inspiration for this puzzle's theme? |
| 46% | ATEAM | 5 | TV/movie group associated with this puzzle's theme? |
| 46% | CHESS | 5 | This puzzle's theme |