| 100% | ENO | 3 | 24-Across co-producer, whose name is the song title spelled backward |
| 49% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name is spelled the same forward and backward |
| 49% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band whose name is spelled the same backward and forward |
| 46% | NORI | 4 | Food whose name spelled backwards is the name of a nutrient that it contains |
| 45% | YMCA | 4 | Village People song whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 45% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 45% | GLORIA | 6 | Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus |
| 43% | HARPO | 5 | "The Color Purple" character whose name spelled backward is an actress in the same movie |
| 43% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |
| 43% | YAM | 3 | Vegetable whose name is a month spelled backward |
| 42% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan song whose title is spelled out before the lyric "Snap and clap and touch your toes" |
| 42% | TIM | 3 | Collegiate beaver mascot whose name is its school spelled backward |
| 42% | RINGO | 5 | Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across |
| 41% | ELBA | 4 | Island whose name is another word in this puzzle spelled backward |
| 41% | CAMUS | 5 | French writer whose name is a toxic plant when spelled backward |
| 41% | ISIS | 4 | Bob Dylan song whose title is the name of a goddess |
| 41% | SARI | 4 | Garment whose name is often spelled with "ee" at the end |
| 41% | LLAMA | 5 | Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of "mammal" |
| 40% | DARYLHANNAH | 11 | "Splash" actress whose last name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GALILEO | 7 | Italian scientist whose name is sung five times in the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 40% | EVIAN | 5 | Water brand whose name is an adjective when spelled backward |
| 39% | JEREMYRENNER | 12 | "The Avengers" actor whose last name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 39% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name is rhymed with “El Salvador, too,” in the “Animaniacs” song “Yakko’s World” |
| 39% | YENSID | 6 | Animated sorcerer whose name backwards is the name of his animation studio |
| 39% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 38% | GOOGLE | 6 | Company whose name is spelled with up to 10 O's toward the bottom of its webpages |
| 38% | BADGUY | 6 | Hit song by the 1-Across winner whose name is spelled out by the final three letters of 21-, 25-, 47- and 52-Across |
| 38% | AMBULANCE | 9 | Emergency vehicle whose name may be written across the hood in mirror writing |
| 38% | ADIA | 4 | Sarah McLachlan song whose name is an opera backward |