| 100% | ELEVENPLUSTWO | 13 | 35-Across of 57-Across that equals 12-Down |
| 100% | ELEVEN+TWO | 10 | 35-Across of 57-Across that equals 12-Down |
| 87% | TWELVE+ONE | 10 | 35-Across of 17-Across that equals 12-Down |
| 55% | EMPTY | 5 | Word that can precede the last parts of 20- and 57-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 46% | NELL | 4 | Name that's a homophone of 57-Across |
| 45% | DEER | 4 | Forest animal that's a homophone of 57-Across |
| 45% | IDIDNTRECOGNIZE | 15 | Start of a comment that 7 Down/18 Across claimed to have heard ''a million times'' |
| 45% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 45% | DARK | 4 | With 12 Across, period that followed the fall of the Roman Empire |
| 44% | LADY | 4 | Wife of 57 Across |
| 44% | LOBE | 4 | Part of 57 Across |
| 44% | SASE | 4 | Sort of 57 Across |
| 43% | TSAR | 4 | Old Russian title that's an anagram of 57-Down |
| 43% | RANGE | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 43% | BRAIN | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of 17-, 35- and 54-Across and 16-Down |
| 42% | TREE | 4 | 35-Across that's the centerpiece of the board game Everdell |
| 42% | OLEG | 4 | Slavic name that's an anagram of 12-Down |
| 42% | TSP | 3 | Cookbook abbr. that's an anagram of 12-Down |
| 42% | BAD | 3 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17-, 36- and 57-Across, and 11- and 32-Down |
| 42% | BROWN | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 41% | HOW | 3 | Question that's an anagram of 35-Down |
| 41% | HEAVY | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 41% | RIVER | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 41% | GARDEN | 6 | Word that can precede the first parts of 20- and 59-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 41% | FOUNDINGFATHER | 14 | Signer of 35 across |
| 41% | FREEDOMRIDERS | 13 | Group including 35-Across that protested the segregation of public buses |
| 41% | ZEROMOSTEL | 10 | Previous portrayer of 57 Across' role in 46 Across |
| 40% | EARLOBE | 7 | Soft lower part of the ear that hangs down |
| 40% | TWO | 3 | Year the census of China took place that showed 57,671,400 individuals in 12,366,470 households |
| 40% | HANNA | 5 | Co-creator of 35 Across |