| 100% | BESUREITS | 9 | ''The TV doesn't work.'' ''__'' (with 44 Across) |
| 51% | SACRIFICEFLY | 12 | It doesn't work with two outs |
| 51% | INVASIONOFTHE | 13 | With 44-Across, classic 1956 film ... and why the answers to starred clues aren't quite themselves? |
| 49% | CHIEFJUSTICE | 12 | With 39 and 44 Across, the most major magistrate |
| 48% | NINA | 4 | With 44-Across, trailblazing artist whose work incorporated classical music and political lyrics |
| 47% | THEHATFIELDS | 12 | With 44 Across, legendary Southern feuding families |
| 47% | POLITICSIS | 10 | With 44 Across, Will Rogers on parties |
| 47% | IMMEDIATELY | 11 | Without delay, with 44 Across |
| 47% | BOXED | 5 | With 44-Across, Valentine's Day gift ... or a hint to the shaded squares |
| 46% | SANTA | 5 | With 44-Across, Eartha Kitt Christmas song with the line, "Hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 46% | BON | 3 | With 44-Across, band with the #1 hits "Bad Medicine" and "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 46% | KNEAD | 5 | Work with the hands |
| 46% | ARRANGE | 7 | Work with the flowers |
| 46% | CHEW | 4 | Work with the teeth |
| 46% | KNEADS | 6 | Works with the hands |
| 45% | ATEAM | 5 | Mr. T's TV show, with "The" |
| 45% | ATEAM | 5 | Mr. T's TV group, with "the" |
| 45% | FATS | 4 | With 44-Across, "Ain't Misbehavin" songwriter |
| 45% | LILIESOF | 8 | With 44-Across, film for which 30-Across won the Oscar for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BIANCA | 6 | With 44-Across, Canadian tennis player who defeated Serena Williams in the 2019 US Open final |
| 45% | STORYOFMYLIFE | 13 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "Written on these walls are / The colors that I can't change" (4 wds.) |
| 45% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 45% | THEVOICE | 8 | Hit TV show with the initials "T.V." |
| 44% | KNEAD | 5 | Work with the hands, as dough |
| 44% | KNEADS | 6 | Works with the hands, like dough |
| 44% | THESECRETOFUS | 13 | 2024 album by 44-Across with the single "Risk" (4 wds.) |
| 44% | CSIMIAMI | 8 | TV show with the theme song "Won't Get Fooled Again" |
| 44% | THE | 3 | With 4-Across, show that fittingly has the initials T.V. |
| 44% | CRAZY | 5 | With 44-Across, Oglala Lakota leader who helped win the Battle of the Little Bighorn against General Custer |
| 44% | LORAX | 5 | 44-Across character, with "the" |