100% | NORTH | 5 | 61-Down's opponent, with "the" |
64% | BIG | 3 | With 61-Down, description of the 1-Across |
61% | DEFENDER | 8 | Soccer player tasked with slowing the opponent's attack |
61% | FENCERSIN | 9 | Just clobbering your opponent with the hilt, for example? |
60% | OPENCAR | 7 | Convertible, with the top down |
60% | HEY | 3 | With 61-Down, Jimi Hendrix's first single ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 45- and 50-Across |
60% | BEARHUG | 7 | Wrestling hold with hands locked around the opponent’s torso |
59% | KFC | 3 | Restaurant with the Double Down sandwich |
59% | IAMWOMAN | 8 | 1972 #1 hit with the lyric "No one's ever gonna keep me down again" |
59% | SCORPIO | 7 | Zodiac starts with the letter S |
59% | ILL | 3 | Down with the flu |
59% | SICK | 4 | Down with the flu |
59% | RISING | 6 | With 61-Down, global warming consequence, and a hint to the circled letters |
58% | ANI | 3 | Singer DiFranco with the album "Knuckle Down" |
58% | CSI | 3 | Crime series with the episode "19 Down" |
58% | SNL | 3 | TV show with the character Debbie Downer |
58% | ILL | 3 | Down with the 59-Down |
58% | LAB | 3 | With 61 Down, chemical analysis |
58% | ILL | 3 | Down with the flu, say |
58% | SICK | 4 | Down with the flu, say |
58% | ILL | 3 | Down with the flu, perhaps |
58% | ILL | 3 | Down with the flu, maybe |
58% | SICK | 4 | Down with the flu, perhaps |
58% | FEVERISH | 8 | Down with the flu, maybe |
58% | ILL | 3 | Down with the snuffles, say |
58% | INS | 3 | With 49 Down, the ropes |
57% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Singer with the 1980 #1 hit "Upside Down" |
57% | ARLO | 4 | 1968 album with the song "John Looked Down" |
57% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic hit with the line, "You better chow down or it's gonna get cold" |
57% | TESLA | 5 | Car company with the models S and X |