| 100% | KLONDIKE | 8 | 29-Across version with a very low probability of winning |
| 40% | MONA | 4 | With 29-Across, source of a famous smile |
| 38% | OUTSIDESHOT | 11 | Low probability of success, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | HOTTIP | 6 | Racehorse with a good chance of winning |
| 36% | BETTY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Golden Girls" star who won a Spoken Word Grammy for "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)" |
| 36% | NILEDELTA | 9 | Region of Lower Egypt with seven branches of a major river (2 wds.) |
| 36% | OREO | 4 | Cookie with a gluten-free version as of 2021 |
| 36% | OREOTHIN | 8 | Low-cal version of a classic cookie |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 36% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 35% | CANASTA | 7 | Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points |
| 35% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 35% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 35% | CINDERELLA | 10 | 2015 movie version of a classic fairy tale, with 15-Across as the title character |
| 35% | MAC | 3 | Computer with a new version of its operating system called Yosemite |
| 35% | GRAPESSUZETTE | 13 | Low-cal version of a hi-cal French dessert? |
| 35% | OREO | 4 | With 35 Down, narrow versions of a classic cookie |
| 35% | DOWN | 4 | (2/6) ... With 21a, the car won't start anymore. We need a bit of help! |
| 34% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 34% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 34% | DEATH | 5 | With 141 Across, big target of a Rebel Alliance mission |
| 34% | THERESSOMETHING | 15 | With 97 Across, working title of a Gore Vidal film? |
| 34% | NOSE | 4 | Margin of a very narrow win |
| 34% | START | 5 | With 39-Across, advice from 29-Across on how to win a lifetime achievement award |
| 34% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | With 14-Across, first (and last) gift of a seasonal song |
| 34% | MINIGOLF | 8 | Small-scale version of a sport played with clubs |
| 34% | NIB | 3 | The very end of a pen, for writing with |
| 34% | ANYTHINGGOES | 12 | 1934 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across whose 1987 and 2011 revivals both won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 33% | WINLOSEORDRAW | 13 | Classic Pictionary TV game show with a home version by 48-Across (4 wds.) |
| 33% | LANDLINE | 8 | Science-fiction novel by 29-Across about a woman who connects with a younger version of her husband on an old rotary phone |