| 100% | COSMOSPACELY | 12 | 18-Across's boss, owner of a sprocket company: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CABDRIVER | 9 | Employee of a taxi company: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HOPEDAVIS | 9 | "Wayward Pines" actress who plays the wife of a mob boss on 54-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FATALERROR | 10 | Cause of a program's crash: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LASTJUDGMENT | 12 | Biblical subject of a fresco painted by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | HOPON | 5 | The first "HO" of a tourist's HOHO bus: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WEAKLINK | 8 | Part of a chain that's likeliest to break: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PINETREE | 8 | Shape of a car's green air freshener, often: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AWAG | 4 | Single swing of a dog's tail?: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GOBAG | 5 | Portable holder of a survivalist's supplies: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NAPTIME | 7 | Part of a tot's daily schedule: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 40% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Part owner of a company |
| 40% | ONETHIRD | 8 | Each member of a trio's equal share: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BEETRED | 7 | Color of a visibly embarrassed person's face: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal ball gazer's prediction: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal-ball reader's line: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DNATEST | 7 | Analysis of a person's genetic makeup: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 39% | MANCAVE | 7 | Guy's equivalent of a she-shed: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ANO | 3 | "It's ___-brainer of a decision!": 2 wds. |
| 38% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | Tennis star who's a minority owner of the NFL's Miami Dolphins: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TOUCHDOWNPASS | 13 | One of a record 50 thrown by 15-Across in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of a 1992 film about 15-Across starring Denzel Washington: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | Spiny crustacean, or the title of a B-52's song: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ELEVENMINUTES | 13 | Approximate duration of 18-Across's first human spaceflight (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HUGO | 4 | Boss of a fashion company |
| 38% | ONEHUNDRED | 10 | Number of candles on a cake for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ESCAPEPOD | 9 | Spacecraft's equivalent of a lifeboat: 2 wds. |