| 100% | OED | 3 | It ends with "zyzzyva," in brief |
| 95% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Song whose first verse ends "Sleep in heavenly peace" |
| 95% | ISAWTHREESHIPS | 14 | Holiday song whose first line ends, "come sailing in" |
| 92% | TCM | 3 | Channel whose first broadcast, in 1994, was “Gone with the Wind” |
| 90% | SIZES | 5 | What the three long answers end with, in brief |
| 90% | ESPN | 4 | Network with channels ending in “2” and “U” |
| 89% | STARJONES | 9 | Talk host whose full first name ends in ''let'' |
| 87% | CULDESAC | 8 | Dead end, road with only one way in and out |
| 87% | ALDA | 4 | Multi-Emmy-winning actor whose first and last names start with the same two letters |
| 86% | NINA | 4 | With 44-Across, trailblazing artist whose work incorporated classical music and political lyrics |
| 86% | OBAMA | 5 | First president whose name ends in a vowel other than E or Y |
| 86% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer whose works are hidden in 30-, 39- and 48-Across |
| 86% | VIEW | 4 | Browser menu with such options as "Zoom In" and "Reload Page" |
| 85% | RUBEGO/IDLDBERG | 15 | Only person whose first and last name together is listed as an adjective in Merriam-Webster |
| 85% | WHATIMPLEMENT | 13 | With 28-, 48- and 56-Across, riddle whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 84% | URDU | 4 | Language whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 84% | SERIES | 6 | With 68-Across, end to some bingeing, and what appears six times in this puzzle |
| 83% | GTA | 3 | Video-game franchise with installments set in Vice City and San Andreas, briefly |
| 83% | ARTHUR | 6 | & 15A Bedfordshire-born author whose works include In High Places and The Moneychangers |
| 83% | OSLO | 4 | Scandinavian city whose name starts and ends with "o" |
| 82% | DOCTORS | 7 | With 36- and 40-Across, organization whose name hints at some missing letters in this puzzle |
| 82% | NICHELLENICHOLS | 15 | Actress whose work with NASA is the focus of the documentary “Woman in Motion” |
| 82% | KEMBLE | 6 | Fanny —, 19th-century English stage actress and playwright whose works include Francis the First |
| 82% | MATISSE | 7 | Henri —, French painter and sculptor whose works include 1905's Woman with the Hat |
| 82% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 82% | BANKSY | 6 | Graffiti artist and painter whose works include 2018's Love is in the Bin |
| 82% | FANTINLATOUR | 12 | Henri —, French painter whose works include Homage to Delacroix and Flowers in a Vase |