| 100% | UNCOLA | 6 | 7 Up, in old ads, with "the" |
| 58% | NEW | 3 | "Out with the old, in with the __" |
| 49% | LIVE | 4 | With 7-Across, be in the lap of luxury |
| 48% | CLUE | 4 | "Professor Plum, in the library, with the candlestick" board game |
| 47% | TOLEDO | 6 | With 2-Down, the oldest sister city in the U.S. |
| 45% | CAIRO | 5 | City with the oldest metro system in Africa |
| 45% | IRONY | 5 | "Honesty with the volume cranked up," per George Saunders |
| 44% | TIL | 3 | Up to, in ads |
| 44% | OLD | 3 | "Out with the ___, in with the new" |
| 44% | EBERT | 5 | His obituary in the New York Daily News began with the line "He got two thumbs up" |
| 44% | PRU | 3 | Tower in Beantown, with "the" |
| 44% | HEP | 3 | With it, in old slang |
| 44% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, in music |
| 44% | DAPHNE | 6 | Eldest Bridgerton daughter, and the Duchess of Hastings in "Bridgerton" |
| 44% | ROAST | 5 | Cook in the oven, say (rhymes with "coast") |
| 44% | TARN | 4 | Lake in the Alps, say (rhymes with "darn") |
| 43% | TSA | 3 | Org. with jurisdiction that's up in the air |
| 43% | WIZ | 3 | Musical set in Oz, with "The" |
| 43% | EVES | 4 | After 7, in ads |
| 43% | THREESTOOGES | 12 | With "The," group in the 1944 short film "Gents Without Cents" |
| 43% | ANTHONY | 7 | Eldest Bridgerton son, and the head of the family in "Bridgerton" |
| 43% | ANTIHERO | 8 | Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," for one |
| 43% | KEANU | 5 | With 7-Down, actor who played Klaatu in 2008’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still” |
| 43% | LSD | 3 | "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" subject, supposedly |
| 42% | BEACHBOYS | 9 | Surf's Up singers, with the |
| 42% | AMP | 3 | Increase the intensity, with "up" |
| 42% | WISES | 5 | Gets the message, with "up" |
| 42% | KNEAD | 5 | *Work the dough in rhythmic motion, with a hushed "k" in its name |
| 42% | PATTON | 6 | With 17-Across, comedian who voiced Remy the rat in "Ratatouille" |
| 42% | BLEED | 5 | Run, as colors in the washing machine (rhymes with "plead") |