| 100% | LEAPS | 5 | "By ____ and bounds" (with rapid progress) |
| 100% | LEAPS | 5 | By ___ and bounds (with rapid progress) |
| 93% | LEAPS | 5 | "By ___ and bounds" (with rapid progress) |
| 69% | BOUNDS | 6 | By leaps and __ (with rapid progress) |
| 57% | MACHE | 5 | Playful paper projects! Papier-___, paper pulp bound with glue, and used by kids to make sculptures |
| 53% | LEAPS | 5 | By __ and bounds |
| 52% | LEAPS | 5 | By ___ and bounds |
| 51% | LEAPS | 5 | By ___ and bounds (rapidly) |
| 51% | LEAPS | 5 | By ___ and bounds (significantly) |
| 50% | LEAPS | 5 | By ___ and bounds (growing rapidly) |
| 50% | LEAPS | 5 | By _____ and bounds |
| 46% | GOMORRAH | 8 | With Sodom, cities consumed by fire and brimstone |
| 45% | PLEDGE | 6 | With 44- and 51-Across words by Francis Bellamy |
| 45% | IOWA | 4 | State with Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls |
| 45% | IOWA | 4 | State with Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs |
| 45% | IOWA | 4 | State with Cedar Rapids and Sioux City |
| 45% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical beloved by and associated with JFK |
| 45% | PRADO | 5 | Museum with paintings by Goya and Bosch |
| 44% | BEHIND | 6 | With 10- and 65-Across, 1971 hit by the Who |
| 44% | NOBEL | 5 | With 6-Across, award won by Einstein, Churchill and Sartre |
| 44% | MATA | 4 | With 52-Across, dancer and spy played by Greta Garbo |
| 44% | STUCK | 5 | "___ With U," song by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber |
| 44% | GRANOLA | 7 | Sweetened grains, nuts and fruits bound by baking |
| 44% | PITCHER | 7 | Still Life with Curtain and Flowered __ by Cézanne |
| 44% | TATE | 4 | Museum with works by Hockney, Turner and Millais |
| 44% | ALWAYSGOTOOTHER | 15 | With 25-, 45- and 58-Across, some advice by 36-Across |
| 44% | CLASS | 5 | With 81-Across, landmark 1972 album by 3- and 126-Down |
| 44% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 44% | KILLERSOF | 9 | With 24- and 28-Across, 2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese |
| 43% | DIE | 3 | "___ With a Smile" (song by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars) |