| 100% | CARGO | 5 | *With 9-Across, loose-fitting bottoms |
| 69% | GOBBLING | 8 | With 9-Across, consuming voraciously (in a manner fitting to today) |
| 67% | SANTA | 5 | With 9 Across, Silicon Valley city |
| 67% | BARACK | 6 | With 9 Across, winner of 2008 |
| 67% | ITALO | 5 | With 9 Across, Indo-European subgroup |
| 65% | OMAR | 4 | With 9 Across, Streisand's ''Funny Girl'' spouse |
| 59% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 59% | TENTDRESSES | 11 | Loose frocks with wide bottoms |
| 57% | UPPER | 5 | With 9-Across, advantage |
| 55% | ELEVATOR | 8 | With 9-Across, high-rise feature |
| 55% | SNAKE | 5 | With 9-Across, [•] [•] at a casino |
| 55% | MAPLE | 5 | With 9-Across, Canadian flag symbol |
| 54% | NIXON | 5 | With 9-Across, it ended with Watergate |
| 54% | ZOOM | 4 | With 9-Across, an auto ad slogan |
| 54% | LABOR | 5 | With 9-Across, symbolic end of summer |
| 54% | BOAT | 4 | With 9-Across, place to yacht-shop |
| 54% | STEM | 4 | With 9-Across, have its origins in |
| 54% | MAPLE | 5 | With 9-Across, noted product of Vermont |
| 53% | ONE | 3 | With 9-Across, street sign with an arrow |
| 53% | AREA | 4 | With 9-Across, 40-Across seen in parentheses |
| 53% | SKATERDRESS | 11 | *Garment with a fitted waist and flared bottom |
| 53% | ROAM | 4 | With 9-Across, range, as a wild animal |
| 53% | EVERY | 5 | With 9-Across, how frequently the sun sets |
| 52% | AIR | 3 | With 9-Across, shoe brand with the Jumpman logo |
| 52% | FAKE | 4 | With 9-Across, bogus stories on Facebook, for example |
| 52% | FALSE | 5 | With 9-Across, canines often taken out at night |
| 51% | INFINITE | 8 | With 9-Across, informally, what aleph-null is, in mathematics |
| 51% | CREVE | 5 | With 9-Across, Missouri city whose name means "broken heart" |
| 51% | BREAD | 5 | Basic need for sustenance, along with 9-Across |
| 50% | ETCHA | 5 | With 9-Across, its images aren't hard to shake off |