| 100% | ALUM | 4 | 18-Across, 32-Across, or 42-Across, notably, for short |
| 51% | ABBR | 4 | 5 or 72 Across, for short |
| 48% | PASSFAIL | 8 | 64-Across's option for a 38-Across or a 13-, 18-, 28- or 42-Down |
| 44% | AUPAIRS | 7 | Live-in workers ... or a hint to 14, 18, 32, and 51 Across |
| 43% | STATS | 5 | 18-Across' numerical-data expertise, for short |
| 43% | OTC | 3 | Like 32-Across, for short |
| 43% | SIB | 3 | Sister or 26-Across, for short |
| 43% | DINERSCLUB | 10 | Credit card industry pioneer … or a hint to 18-, 32- and 42-Across |
| 41% | FARMWORKERS | 11 | Laborers that 18- and 32-Across advocated for |
| 40% | EDS | 3 | 42-Down users, for short |
| 40% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Assortment ... or a description of 32-, 39- and 42-Across? |
| 40% | WIZARDOFAAHS | 12 | Alternative name for 18-, 29- or 51-Across? |
| 40% | WISEGUY | 7 | Smart-aleck . . . or a phonetic description of 15-, 20-, 32-, or 42-Across? |
| 40% | SEMI | 4 | 18-wheeler, for short |
| 40% | PAREN | 5 | ) or (, for short |
| 40% | PAREN | 5 | ( or ), for short |
| 39% | ENGLISHLIT | 10 | What 18-Across received her degree in, for short: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RUN | 3 | Something 18-, 26-, 42- or 51-Across might have |
| 39% | TMAN | 4 | Eliot Ness, notably, for short |
| 39% | TRI | 3 | 32+-mile challenge, for short |
| 39% | DETS | 4 | Some 26 Across, for short |
| 39% | OPP | 3 | Directly across from, for short |
| 39% | WGT | 3 | Lb. or oz., for short |
| 39% | MAG | 3 | "Vogue" or "Cosmopolitan," for short |
| 39% | MAG | 3 | "Cosmopolitan" or "People," for short |
| 39% | BESTACTRESS | 11 | Oscar that 32-Across won for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NATO | 4 | 32-country defense group, for short |
| 38% | MEG | 3 | A million 19 Across, for short |
| 38% | UFOS | 4 | Some 61 Across creators, for short |
| 38% | MERC | 4 | Montego or Grand Marquis, for short |