| 100% | SAGE | 4 | ___ the Gemini (rapper featured in 8-Across) |
| 52% | HOLE | 4 | Feature in the middle of a 6-Across |
| 50% | RODEO | 5 | Competition featured in the Luke Perry film "8 Seconds" |
| 49% | RODEO | 5 | Competition featured in the 1994 Luke Perry film "8 Seconds" |
| 48% | NHL | 3 | Org. featuring the human-sized Ducks in the 100 Across clue |
| 48% | ACCENT | 6 | Feature of the "e" in 57-Across |
| 48% | STRIP | 5 | Feature in the funny pages |
| 47% | KATHERINEWEBB | 13 | 2012 Miss Alabama USA featured in the 2013 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CUBS | 4 | 8-Down also-rans to the 39-Across in 1918 |
| 47% | SAGE | 4 | ___ the Gemini ("Gas Pedal" rapper) |
| 46% | NORTH | 5 | WIth 8-Across, diplomatically negotiated participant in the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 46% | CITI | 4 | With 8-Across, two-wheel transportation service in the Big Apple |
| 46% | NOSE | 4 | Feature in the middle of the face |
| 46% | STUNT | 5 | Double feature in the movies? |
| 45% | REDS | 4 | They beat the 39-Across in the 1975 8-Down |
| 45% | METS | 4 | They beat the 39-Across in the 1986 8-Down |
| 45% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | 39-Across legend who played in the 1946 8-Down |
| 45% | REDBIRDS | 8 | 2004 8-Down losers to the 39-Across, in headlines |
| 45% | PSY | 3 | Rapper featured prominently in 2012's YouTube Rewind |
| 45% | ESTOS | 5 | These, to the characters in 8-Across |
| 45% | CAMARO | 6 | Car featured in the "Transformers" movies |
| 45% | PANDORA | 7 | Exoplanet featured in the film Avatar |
| 45% | CRETE | 5 | Island featured in "Zorba the Greek" |
| 45% | HOPI | 4 | Language featured in the movie Koyaanisqatsi |
| 45% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument featured in the “Jaws” theme |
| 45% | LLAMA | 5 | Woolly animal featured in The Sims |
| 45% | INDUS | 5 | River featured in the Rig Veda |
| 45% | PLAIN | 5 | Geographical feature in "America the Beautiful" |
| 45% | MESA | 4 | Oft-photographed feature in the Southwest |
| 45% | EYE | 3 | Facial feature in the CBS logo |