| 100% | COMEDY | 6 | Written by a man, but known as Divine |
| 43% | LON | 3 | Chaney known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 41% | LON | 3 | Horror actor Chaney known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 41% | MEL | 3 | Voice actor Blanc known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" |
| 41% | LON | 3 | Chaney who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 41% | MEL | 3 | Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" |
| 41% | NEHI | 4 | Drink introduced by a company once known as Chero-Cola |
| 40% | SMUT | 4 | Corn ___ (disease caused by a fungus known in Mexico as the delicacy huitlacoche) |
| 40% | SQUEEZEMACHINE | 14 | Calming device, also known as a "hug box," invented by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TASER | 5 | Product developed by a NASA researcher originally known as the "Tom Swift Electric Rifle" |
| 40% | PITT | 4 | Card-___, team created by a temporary merger and now known as the Arizona Cardinals |
| 39% | NINETEENEIGHTY | 14 | "___-Four," dystopian satirical novel written by George Orwell as a warning against totalitarianism: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FAREWELL | 8 | ___ Address, letter written by George Washington as a parting message to the citizens of USA |
| 38% | ELENORE | 7 | 1968 song by 15-Across written as a parody of 32-Across |
| 38% | BERTHACOOL | 10 | Detective in books by Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair |
| 38% | KHAN | 4 | "Kubla ___," poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge which is also subtitled as "A Vision in a Dream" |
| 38% | KORE | 4 | Moon also known as Jupiter XLIX discovered by a team from the University of Hawaii in 2003 |
| 37% | MIAM | 4 | Capital of King Tutankhamun's Nubian provinces, now known as Aniba but flooded by Egypt's Lake Nasser |
| 37% | LET | 3 | "___ It Snow," holiday classic inspired by a California heatwave that wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 37% | IOU | 3 | Note written by a debtor |
| 37% | IOU | 3 | Note written by a borrower |
| 37% | TOUPEE | 6 | Hairpiece worn by a man |
| 36% | EDNA | 4 | Broadway dame played by a man |
| 36% | LON | 3 | Horror actor Chaney known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 36% | LONCHANEY | 9 | Silent film star known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 36% | MILES | 5 | ___ Morales, superhero known as Spider-Man who wears a Spider-suit |
| 36% | THELORDOFTHE | 12 | "___ Rings" epic fantasy trilogy written by J.R.R Tolkien which begins as a sequel to "The Hobbit": 4 wds |
| 36% | TERM | 4 | ___ paper (long report written by a student) |
| 36% | ODE | 3 | Lines of praise written by a poet |
| 36% | APPCODE | 7 | Instructions written by a dev team, perhaps |