| 100% | FIONACOYNE | 10 | 50-Across character with a drinking problem: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BEERPONG | 8 | Drinking game played with a small ball: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MEREDITHGREY | 12 | ABC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Ellen Pompeo since 2005: 2 wds. |
| 50% | POCONORACEWAY | 13 | Superspeedway in Pennsylvania with a "solar farm" across 25 acres: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MAITAI | 6 | Tropical drink with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 49% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | NBC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Jennifer Aniston from 1994 to 2004: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HANNAHMONTANA | 13 | Miley Cyrus's former Disney Channel character with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 48% | COINTOSS | 8 | Pregame ritual with a 50-50 chance (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ARNOLDPALMER | 12 | Four-time Masters champion with a lemonade and iced tea drink named after him: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALICECOOPER | 11 | American rock band that shares its name with a character from "Mayberry R.F.D.": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MURPHYBROWN | 11 | CBS TV character with a colorful last name, played by Candice Bergen from 1988 to 1998 and 2018 to 2019: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MRTOAD | 6 | "The Wind in the Willows" character with a "Wild Ride" at Disneyland (2 wds.) |
| 46% | JUDYJETSON | 10 | Cartoon character with a black hair bow who attends Orbit High School (2 wds.) |
| 46% | COINTOSS | 8 | Pre-game ritual with a 50-50 chance (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DAVETURNER | 10 | 50-Across character who loves basketball: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MAGGIESIMPSON | 13 | Cartoon character with a blue hair bow whose long-running series debuted in 1989 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SONICTHE | 8 | With 42-Across, speedy blue title character of a 2020 film: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MSPACMAN | 8 | 1980s arcade game featuring a yellow character with a bow: 2 wds. |
| 44% | COOKIEMONSTER | 13 | 47-Across Muppet with a big appetite for sweets: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ONTHE | 5 | ___ rocks (with ice, as in a drink): 2 wds. |
| 44% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Cartoon character with a red hair bow who was appointed a children's ambassador by UNICEF (2 wds.) |
| 44% | REDBULL | 7 | Energy drink with a bovine logo (2 wds.) |
| 43% | AROOM | 5 | "___ With a View" (Daniel Day-Lewis movie): 2 wds. |
| 43% | DOUBLEBARFINCH | 14 | Bird with a severe drinking problem? |
| 43% | AROOM | 5 | "___ With a View" (1985 movie): 2 wds. |
| 43% | TIESDOWN | 8 | Secures with a rope: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TIEON | 5 | Attach with a rope: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GRINAT | 6 | Greet with a smile: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TIEDON | 6 | Attached with a string: 2 wds. |