| 100% | SWEATSOCK | 9 | Absorbent layer between a foot and an athletic shoe: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RANDOWN | 7 | Pursued on foot and caught, as a criminal: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BOOKDEAL | 8 | Agreement between an author and a publisher: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MOVIEDEAL | 9 | Agreement between a film studio and the holder of intellectual property: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THELONGESTRIDE | 14 | Nicholas Sparks novel about unexpected connections between an elderly man, a college student, and a cowboy (3 wds.) |
| 32% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a name and an alias |
| 32% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | Actress who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing Rose Maxson in "Fences": 2 wds. |
| 32% | SUNCHOKE | 8 | A cross between a sunflower and an artichoke |
| 32% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 bestseller by 18-Across about a romance between a literary agent and an editor: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a name and an alias: Abbr. |
| 32% | STEPPEDON | 9 | Crushed with a foot: 2 wds. |
| 31% | YULBRYNNER | 10 | Actor who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing King Mongkut in "The King and I": 2 wds. |
| 31% | GAMEDAY | 7 | When an athletic match is scheduled: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a real name and an alias |
| 30% | ANNEBANCROFT | 12 | Actress who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing Helen Keller's teacher in "The Miracle Worker": 2 wds. |
| 30% | AKA | 3 | Abbreviation between a real name and an assumed name |
| 30% | JETWAY | 6 | Movable bridge between a plane and an airport terminal |
| 30% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a real name and an assumed name |
| 30% | TOETAG | 6 | Label attached to a foot in a morgue: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SEA | 3 | It's between a lake and an ocean in size |
| 29% | PORTORHOUSE | 11 | Sommelier’s choice between a fortified wine and an inexpensive red? |
| 29% | TENNISCOURT | 11 | Lorde song named for an athletic setting: 2 wds. |
| 29% | VERYGOOD | 8 | Between "fine" and "excellent": 2 wds. |
| 29% | WAIST | 5 | Part of a shoe between heel and sole |
| 29% | NINETY | 6 | It's between an A and a B |
| 28% | CBA | 3 | Legal contract between an employer and a union (abbr.) |
| 28% | TAKESFORARIDE | 13 | Trade between an opinion writer and a bus driver? |
| 28% | AIMAT | 5 | Point a bow and arrow towards: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NOTINLOVE | 9 | Ali Hazelwood novel about an affair between a biotech engineer and a wealthy investor (3 wds.) |
| 28% | ABE | 3 | One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew |