| 100% | PIERRE | 6 | ___ Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer whose name is the French form of "Peter" |
| 51% | ERTE | 4 | Artist whose name is the French pronunciation of "RT" |
| 48% | PIERRE | 6 | French form of the name Peter |
| 46% | OLEG | 4 | Fashion designer Cassini whose name is an anagram of "lego" |
| 45% | CHRISTIANDIOR | 13 | French fashion designer whose eponymous company has "Homme" as part of a flagship brand name: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose name is formed from the initials of its members |
| 44% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name is a French pronoun |
| 44% | GIORGIOARMANI | 13 | Italian fashion designer whose eponymous company has "Emporio" as part of a flagship brand name: 2 wds. |
| 43% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | French fashion designer and namesake of the brand that was founded in 1909 and is known for its perfume No. 5: 2 wds. |
| 43% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 42% | DIOR | 4 | Designer whose name, as noted by Jean Cocteau, sounds like a portmanteau of the French words for “God” and “gold” |
| 42% | DAPPERDAN | 9 | Fashion designer whose name is a term for a well-dressed man |
| 42% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name is French for "she" |
| 42% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name is French for ''she'' |
| 42% | JEANRENO | 8 | French actor whose name becomes that of a French director when IR is added to the end |
| 42% | SWF | 3 | Personal ad letters whose full form is the name of a 1992 Bridget Fonda thriller |
| 41% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name is also a French pronoun |
| 41% | PORT | 4 | Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin |
| 40% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name is spelled the same forward and backward |
| 40% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 40% | TUNIS | 5 | World capital whose name can be formed by removing letters from the end of its country's name |
| 40% | UNIONOHIO | 9 | Midwest town whose name is the longest example of 52-Across [on the right] |
| 40% | SWEETWATERTEXAS | 15 | Southern town whose name is the longest example of 52-Across [on the left] |
| 40% | COCO | 4 | ___ Chanel, French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand |
| 40% | LORDVOLDEMORT | 13 | Fictional character whose name is French for "flight of death" |
| 40% | XERES | 5 | City whose name was the source of the word "sherry" |
| 40% | PALOMAR | 7 | Mount whose name is Spanish for "place of the pigeon" |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | Network whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 40% | OZMA | 4 | Literary princess whose kingdom is the first half of her name |
| 40% | XERES | 5 | Spanish city whose name is the source of the word sherry |