| 100% | IDO | 3 | Words exchanged by the bride and groom on their wedding day |
| 44% | IDO | 3 | Words said at an altar by the Bride and Groom: 2 wds |
| 41% | IDO | 3 | Words under oath said at a wedding by both groom and bride (2 wds) |
| 40% | TOPPER | 6 | Model of bride and groom on top of wedding cake |
| 40% | ALTAR | 5 | Where the bride and groom stand at a wedding, often |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | What the bride and groom say during a wedding ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOAST | 5 | Wedding offering to the bride and groom |
| 34% | TOAST | 5 | Salute the bride and groom, say |
| 34% | IDOS | 4 | Bride and groom exchange |
| 34% | ALTAR | 5 | Where the bride and groom say "I do" |
| 34% | IDO | 3 | What the bride and groom say: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ASONE | 5 | How a bride and groom leave the altar, metaphorically |
| 31% | BOUQUET | 7 | It's tossed by the bride after the wedding ceremony |
| 30% | IDO | 3 | Words said by a bride or groom: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TOAST | 5 | Words to a bride and groom |
| 29% | IDO | 3 | What a bride and groom say to each other at the altar: 2 wds. |
| 29% | IDO | 3 | Words a bride and groom say to each other: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TWENTYQUESTIONS | 15 | Game suggested by the first words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 28% | MATINEEIDOL | 11 | Figure described by the first words of 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
| 28% | LUX | 3 | Latin word shared by the mottoes of Yale and Tufts |
| 28% | LIGHT | 5 | Something created by God on the first day |
| 28% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Danced on the walls and ceiling on "Royal Wedding" |
| 28% | KARIBA | 6 | Dam on the Zambezi shared by Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| 27% | IDO | 3 | Words that a bride and groom say to each other: 2 wds. |
| 27% | COWABUNGA | 9 | Slang word used by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bart Simpson |
| 27% | LEAVEITTOBEAVER | 15 | This and Sputnik 1 were launched on the same day |
| 27% | EROSION | 7 | Natural process illustrated by the last words of 18-, 24-, 37-, 54- and 61-Across |
| 27% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 27% | POLLINATION | 11 | Job done by the insects seen above the circled words in 17-, 26- and 50-Across |
| 27% | PRESIDENT | 9 | Title held by the people who lent their names to 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across |