| 100% | SEARS | 5 | Appliance giant that was once the name of a tower in Chicago |
| 47% | ASHE | 4 | Name of a tennis stadium in Queens that once neighbored (and is an anagram of) 16-Across |
| 43% | ALAMO | 5 | Texas landmark that is also the name of a tree |
| 43% | SEARS | 5 | Chain of department stores that was once headquartered in Chicago's Willis Tower |
| 43% | OOLONG | 6 | The name of a kind of tea that means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 43% | SPADES | 6 | Card suit that is also the name of a card game |
| 43% | SYD | 3 | Name of a 2000 Summer Olympics official mascot (the one that was a platypus, in case you were wondering) |
| 42% | DORIS | 5 | Name of a weather bomb that hit the UK in 2017 |
| 42% | IRIS | 4 | Pigmented eye part that is also the name of a flower |
| 41% | SINGAPORE | 9 | Nation that was once a trading post of the East India Company |
| 41% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 41% | NED | 3 | Name that is the name of a room when spelled backwards |
| 41% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 41% | OCCUPANCY | 9 | The percentage of a hotel's rooms that are in use |
| 41% | TOPAZ | 5 | Birthstone that was the name of a Hitchcock film |
| 40% | PERSEIDS | 8 | Name of a major 14-Across that peaks early in the week of August 12, 2019 |
| 40% | SHEA | 4 | Name of a former baseball stadium in Queens that neighbored (and is an anagram of) 9-Across |
| 40% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 40% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | Christmas treat that's also the name of a fairy in "The Nutcracker" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DAISY | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is also the name of a character from "The Great Gatsby" |
| 40% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that was a battleground in the War of 1812 |
| 40% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 39% | HEATHER | 7 | Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s |
| 39% | SOS | 3 | ABBA song that was the A-side of "Man in the Middle" |
| 39% | EURYTHMICS | 10 | The name of the rock/pop duo that Annie Lennox - whose birthday it is today - was a part of |
| 39% | BRIE | 4 | Grayish white cheese that originated from a French region of the same name and is considered to be in a low lactose range of 0-2% |
| 39% | ROSE | 4 | "The Name of the ___," best-selling novel by Umberto Eco that was originally written in Italian |
| 39% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 39% | STUART | 6 | First name of an E. B. White character who says that “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone” |
| 39% | AVON | 4 | Big name in cosmetics which is also the name of a river in England |