| 100% | BUSH | 4 | #41 or #43 |
| 100% | BUSH | 4 | Number 41 or 43 |
| 100% | BUSH | 4 | President 41 or 43 |
| 63% | TEXAN | 5 | President #36, #41 or #43 |
| 63% | HAT | 3 | Sombrero or 43-Down |
| 61% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 60% | PEN | 3 | Holder for 6- or 43-Across |
| 60% | PRIMENUMBER | 11 | 13, 29 or 43, e.g. |
| 58% | WHEELCOMPONENT | 14 | Beginning of 20-, 25- or 43-Across |
| 57% | WORLDDOMINATION | 15 | Goal for many a 26- or 43-Across |
| 55% | SON | 3 | Bush 43, to Bush 41 |
| 53% | WARHERO | 7 | Washington or Taylor or Bush 41 |
| 53% | RARE | 4 | With 43-Across, yttrium or scandium |
| 52% | DONTBLOWIT | 10 | Advice to a musician with a 23-, 26- or 43-Across? |
| 52% | ELIS | 4 | Bush 41 and Bush 43, for two |
| 52% | ODD | 3 | Like the numbers 21, 31, or 41 |
| 50% | YALE | 4 | Alma mater for Bush 41 and Bush 43 |
| 50% | PRESIDENTCLINTON | 16 | He served between Bush 41 and Bush 43 |
| 50% | ALUMNI | 6 | Bush 41 and 43, to Yale |
| 50% | ELIS | 4 | Bush 41 and 43, as collegians |
| 50% | YALE | 4 | Bush 41 and 43's school |
| 48% | EWES | 4 | Homophone of 41-Across, or females in a herd |
| 47% | MIXEDFEELINGS | 13 | Ambivalence ... or a hint to 20-, 25- and 41-Across |
| 47% | BUMPSETSPIKE | 12 | Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together |
| 47% | DRIVERS | 7 | With 43-Across, Olivia Rodrigo hit, or a photo ID |
| 45% | CAPITALOFFENSE | 14 | Something committed by 41-Across ... or by this puzzle's creator? |
| 45% | HIDDENCOSTS | 11 | Surprises for buyers ... or what 18-, 28- and 43-Across contain |
| 45% | RIGHTONTHEMONEY | 15 | Exactly ... or where to find 17-, 25-, 43- and 57-Across? |
| 45% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub ... or a literal hint to 20-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 44% | ASHOTINTHEDARK | 14 | Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take? |