| 100% | HEBREWLETTERS | 13 | 62-Across to a student of Semitic languages |
| 48% | ALASKA | 6 | A student to demand a part of America |
| 47% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 45% | LOOSE | 5 | With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles |
| 44% | JAPANESE | 8 | Language of 2011 animated film A Letter to Momo |
| 44% | TEXTBOOK | 8 | What a student might have to read a chapter of for homework |
| 43% | PERFECTCUBE | 11 | 62-Across to a mathematician |
| 43% | GRAMMAR | 7 | Rules of a language, how to use sentences, words |
| 42% | WORLDSERIESWINS | 15 | 62-Across to a Yankees fan |
| 42% | HISTORIAN | 9 | A student of history |
| 40% | GPA | 3 | Mean to a student? |
| 40% | III | 3 | The third ... or a hint to the rhyming ends of every Across answer |
| 40% | FLYING | 6 | With 40-Across, what a straight-A student passes with ... or a hint to 17-, 27-, 46- and 62-Across |
| 40% | THEBESTTHINGSIN | 15 | With 62-Across, a caution to materialists |
| 40% | DENTAL | 6 | Damage a student of teeth |
| 39% | TARED | 5 | Adjusted to account for a container's weight (and an anagram of 40 Across) |
| 39% | ROCK | 4 | "School of ___," movie in which Jack Black trains his students to form a band |
| 39% | LINGUIST | 8 | Student of language |
| 39% | PHILOLOGIST | 11 | Student of language |
| 39% | LINGUISTS | 9 | Students of language |
| 39% | NATAL | 5 | Worker confused a student of labour |
| 39% | PEPPERS | 7 | With 15 Across, illusion that uses a reflection to create the appearance of a phantom |
| 39% | TOM | 3 | ___ Holland, actor who shadowed a student at Bronx High School of Science to prepare for the role of Peter Parker |
| 38% | DESK | 4 | Piece of furniture for a student to sit at |
| 38% | SPATIAL | 7 | Quarrel - one with a student of space |
| 38% | FEDERAL | 7 | Broadcast freed by a student of government |
| 38% | ASTRAL | 6 | Star upsets a student of the stars |
| 38% | ASTRAL | 6 | Rats upset a student of the stars |
| 38% | IDIDNTRECOGNIZE | 15 | Start of a comment that 7 Down/18 Across claimed to have heard ''a million times'' |
| 38% | BOLT | 4 | Companion of a 62-Across |