| 100% | THESEA | 6 | "Down to ___ in Ships" Lionel Barrymore's |
| 48% | MRSUN | 5 | Character asked to "shine down," in a children's song |
| 48% | AROAR | 5 | "Could you hold it down to ___ in here?" |
| 48% | GREATUNCLE | 10 | Lionel to Drew Barrymore |
| 48% | MRSUN | 5 | He's asked to "please shine down on me," in song |
| 47% | GHAT | 4 | Steps down to a river, in India |
| 47% | STATEROOM | 9 | Maestro to play in ship’s cabin |
| 46% | ETHEL | 5 | Lionel Barrymore's sister |
| 46% | TITANIC | 7 | Ship that went down in history? |
| 45% | RIO | 3 | City that Fred Astaire was "flying down to" in a 1934 hit |
| 44% | SKIPPER | 7 | Ship's captain, informally, and a hint to help you to understand five answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | MORASS | 6 | Spot to get bogged down in |
| 44% | FLAMES | 6 | Bad thing to go down in |
| 44% | TOOKADEEPBREATH | 15 | Drew in air to calm down |
| 44% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 44% | UNO | 3 | "I'm down to my last card!" in a certain game |
| 44% | BROUWER | 7 | Shipping route to Dutch East Indies in the 1600s |
| 43% | TITANIC | 7 | Passenger ship that went down in 1912 |
| 43% | SOFA | 4 | Place to plop down in a den |
| 43% | CROUCHING | 9 | Squatting down in an attempt to hide |
| 43% | UPWARDS | 7 | Going in the opposite direction to down |
| 43% | DOCK | 4 | Place for a ship to come in |
| 43% | ANCHOR | 6 | Weight to keep a ship in place |
| 43% | ASL | 3 | Syst. in which bobbing one’s fist up and down translates to “yes” |
| 43% | TACKLING | 8 | In sport, taking down an opponent to stop the ball |
| 43% | TRICKLE | 7 | To drip or run down in a small flowing stream |
| 43% | MAIL | 4 | Shipping method used by Jim to send Dwight's desk to New Mexico as a prank in "The Office" |
| 43% | LEDGE | 5 | S___hammers were used to hammer in spikes for railroads |
| 43% | AGED | 4 | Left to improve, as in some 80 Down |
| 43% | PANICATTHEDIS | 13 | Melt down in response to some trash talk? |