| 100% | MAFIA | 5 | Word that, surprisingly, is never spoken in "The Godfather" |
| 54% | LIE | 3 | Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay" |
| 53% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Words that are sung or spoken in an opera |
| 52% | AMORE | 5 | Word that can aptly be spelled with the letters in romance |
| 52% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 52% | SUNNY | 5 | "It's Always ___ in Philadelphia," 2005 sitcom that is one of the fastest-talking TV shows with 176.2 words spoken per minute |
| 51% | USAGE | 5 | The way in which words are spoken or written |
| 50% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary but should be |
| 49% | ELSIETHECOW | 11 | Company mascot introduced in the 1930s that has never been put out to pasture |
| 49% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary, but maybe should be |
| 49% | VOUS | 4 | French word for "you" that is the "V" in "RSVP" |
| 48% | FURY | 4 | Word meaning "extreme rage" that is derived from the Erinyes in Greek mythology |
| 48% | YEN | 3 | Asian money that can be found backwards in the word "money" |
| 46% | TUNE | 4 | Melody that may be whistled or sung (hidden in the word "fortune") |
| 46% | CORSICAN | 8 | Spoken in the island where Napoleon was born |
| 46% | MOIST | 5 | Adjective that's been called "possibly the worst word in the English dictionary" |
| 46% | YIPE | 4 | Sharp cry of surprise that, surprisingly, is in the Scrabble dictionary |
| 45% | LYRIC | 5 | Words that are rarely spoken |
| 45% | GOOGLE | 6 | Word meaning "look up on a search engine" that was first used on TV in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
| 44% | ANTONYM | 7 | Word that is the opposite of another |
| 44% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Words that precede "Born is the King ..." |
| 44% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
| 44% | FAMILY | 6 | "Modern ___," 2009 sitcom that is one of the fastest-talking TV shows with 166.2 words spoken per minute |
| 44% | SUITS | 5 | 2011 legal drama series that is one of the fastest-talking TV shows with 161 words spoken per minute |
| 44% | HARDEST | 7 | "Sorry Seems to Be the ___ Word," a hit by Elton John, that was covered by Blue in "One Love" |
| 44% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 44% | ITRY | 4 | Words that might be spoken with a shrug |
| 43% | ALFA | 4 | Word that represents A in the phonetic alphabet |
| 43% | HYPERTEXT | 9 | Words that are underlined in blue on screen |
| 43% | ISTO | 4 | Words that might be used in an analogy |