| 100% | APAIN | 5 | "What ___ in the 5-Down!" |
| 92% | RISES | 5 | What the 5-Down does in the east |
| 72% | ROW | 3 | What to do "gently down the stream," in a song |
| 71% | REVERSE | 7 | What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in |
| 70% | ICEBERG | 7 | What took the Titanic down |
| 70% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 69% | INTERNAL | 8 | What the "I" in 6-Down stands for |
| 69% | ARTS | 4 | What the "A" in 1-Down stands for |
| 69% | ARTS | 4 | What the "A" in 20-Down stands for |
| 69% | PUTARINGONIT | 12 | Lock in a spouse, and what the first letters of six Down answers do visually |
| 69% | EARTH | 5 | What you might "come down to" after having your head in the clouds |
| 68% | SINGIN | 6 | "___ in the [4 Down]" (What a glorious feeling!) |
| 68% | NOREST | 6 | What the 52-Down have, in a saying |
| 68% | AISLE | 5 | What the bride walks down |
| 67% | LEASTSIGNIFICANTDIGIT | 21 | The 5 in 7,195 |
| 67% | BBALL | 5 | It's played in the 5-Across, informally |
| 66% | WEEDS | 5 | In the ___ (bogged down by details) |
| 66% | TAYLOR | 6 | 5-Down's partner in life and in "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| 66% | BREAKRANKS | 10 | Deviate from one's group, and what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 8 and 11 do |
| 65% | UNDERSEA | 8 | In the depths of the 31 Down |
| 65% | LOOP | 4 | In the ___ (aware of what's happening) |
| 65% | DUMPS | 5 | Down in the ____ |
| 65% | DUMPS | 5 | Down in the __ |
| 65% | DUMPS | 5 | Down in the ___ |
| 64% | BRAKEJOBS | 9 | Garage offerings, and a phonetic hint to what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 do |
| 64% | LATOYA | 6 | Jackson not in the Jackson 5 |
| 64% | OBS | 3 | Outdated, in the 49 Down |
| 64% | SAD | 3 | Down in the dumps |
| 64% | BLUE | 4 | Down in the dumps |
| 64% | MOROSE | 6 | Down in the dumps |