100% | BARBARIAN | 9 | Word describing the fictional sword-wielder, Conan |
45% | TEENAGE | 7 | Word describing the Mutant Ninja Turtles |
43% | WONDERFUL | 9 | Word describing the Wizard of Oz in the title |
42% | HOT | 3 | Word describing the answer to each of the starred clues |
42% | DEFINE | 6 | Describe the meaning of a word |
40% | RUBBER | 6 | Word describing "Soul" in the Beatles album title |
39% | ELCID | 5 | Wielder of the sword Tizona |
36% | LUXURY | 6 | Word used to describe resorts that court the rich |
35% | NEROWOLFE | 9 | Fictional detective whose first recorded words are "Where's the beer?" |
34% | VAST | 4 | Word that describes the size of the sea or space |
33% | BREXIT | 6 | Word used to describe the UK leaving the EU |
33% | BACKSTORY | 9 | Fictional past, or a hint to four-letter words found in the starred answers |
33% | WARM | 4 | Word for "affectionate" and "friendly" that aptly describes Disney's beloved Baloo the bear |
33% | MORPHEUS | 8 | Sword wielder played by Laurence Fishburne in "The Matrix Reloaded" |
33% | GONERIL | 7 | "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter" speaker |
33% | MATINEEIDOL | 11 | Figure described by the first words of 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
33% | OED | 3 | Publ. where the verb "set" takes approx. 60,000 words to describe |
32% | SAM | 3 | Actor Heughan who owns a duplicate of the sword he wields on "Outlander" |
32% | STINKSTANKSTUNK | 15 | "The three words that best describe" the Grinch, in song |
32% | MEASURETWICE | 12 | With 66-Across, carpentry adage that also describes the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
32% | TABOO | 5 | Word-based game where the players have to describe a word without using the "forbidden" words |
31% | PAPAL | 5 | Describes the pope |
31% | VERB | 4 | Word describing an action |
31% | FAUX | 4 | Word describing artificial fur |
31% | SKIM | 4 | Word describing nonfat milk |
31% | ANTITANK | 8 | Describing the Viper rocket |
30% | DUMA | 4 | Word used to describe the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament (before 1917) |
30% | CRUSOE | 6 | Fictional hero whose first words are "I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York ..." |
30% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock" |
30% | EXCALIBUR | 9 | Sword wielded by King Arthur |