| 100% | LET | 3 | 8-Down, with "up" |
| 91% | DEADWE | 6 | With 8-Down, literally, one just taking up space |
| 90% | GEN | 3 | With 8-Down, one who grew up on MTV, maybe |
| 87% | LET | 3 | Word with up or down |
| 85% | LET | 3 | Word with up, out or down |
| 85% | TOWN | 4 | Word with up, mid or down |
| 82% | LADDERS | 7 | Chutes and __, board game with ups and downs |
| 82% | COMIC | 5 | With 8 Down, informal-looking typeface |
| 82% | DOT | 3 | With 8 Down, common URL suffix |
| 82% | FROZE | 5 | With 8-Across, completely iced up |
| 81% | UNA | 3 | With 8 Down, a girl in Guadalajara |
| 80% | MAKE | 4 | With 8-Across, add up |
| 80% | LAP | 3 | Down, with "up"? |
| 80% | LIE | 3 | "If you ___ down with dogs, you get up with fleas" |
| 78% | EASED | 5 | Slowed down, with "up" |
| 78% | SOBERED | 7 | Came down, with "up" |
| 78% | SON | 3 | 8-Down, with "the" |
| 77% | SAIDAPRAYER | 11 | Spoke up with one's head down? |
| 77% | SHUT | 4 | Word with in or up or down |
| 77% | QUARKS | 6 | Elementary particles with types: up, down, strange |
| 77% | SINE | 4 | Curve with lots of ups and downs |
| 76% | LADDER | 6 | Equipment with rungs for climbing up or down |
| 76% | CAROUSEL | 8 | Carnival ride with horses going up and down |
| 76% | SET | 3 | Word with down, up or back |
| 75% | IHAVE | 5 | With 4 Down, M.L.K. declaration of 8/28/63 |
| 74% | DRESS | 5 | Word with down or up |
| 74% | FOGS | 4 | Becomes 37 Down, with ''up'' |
| 73% | YOYO | 4 | A toy with a string that rolls up and down |
| 73% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a spool that has its ups and downs |
| 71% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a string, goes down and comes back up: Hyph. |