| 100% | SKA | 3 | Bde Maka ___ (Minneapolis's largest lake, whose name's last word is also a musical genre) |
| 41% | EMO | 3 | Quirky comedian Philips whose first name is also a music genre |
| 40% | AVILA | 5 | Catcher Alex whose last name is also a Spanish city |
| 39% | SONATA | 6 | Hyundai model whose name is also a word for a classical music composition |
| 38% | ION | 3 | Cable channel whose name is also a word meaning "charged particle" |
| 35% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name is also a two-word sentence |
| 35% | POP | 3 | 1997 U2 album whose title is also a music genre |
| 35% | BRAN | 4 | Ned Stark's son whose name is also a breakfast choice |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania's "Gem City" which is also the name of a lake |
| 34% | TOMKITE | 7 | U.S. Open champion whose last name is a toy |
| 34% | ROMEO | 5 | Whose last words are "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 34% | PEGASUS | 7 | Winged horse in Disney's "Hercules" whose name is also a 49-Across |
| 34% | ONCE | 4 | Musical whose name is the number 11 in a foreign language |
| 34% | INDIAARIE | 9 | Grammy winner whose first name is also a country |
| 34% | BEET | 4 | Vegetable whose genus name is also a Greek letter |
| 33% | CREST | 5 | Toothpaste brand whose name is a word for a mountaintop |
| 33% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 33% | LIU | 3 | Actress whose last name is a New York school's inits. |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Canadian-American lake whose name sounds like a word meaning "spooky" |
| 33% | RACEME | 6 | Flower cluster whose name can also be read as a challenge |
| 33% | FIAT | 4 | Automaker whose name is also a proclamation |
| 33% | RICE | 4 | University whose name is also a food |
| 33% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 33% | DRACO | 5 | Harry Potter nemesis Malfoy whose first name is also a 49-Across |
| 33% | DELTA | 5 | Airline whose name is also a Greek letter |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Quartet whose name is also a rhyme scheme |
| 33% | ASIA | 4 | 1980s band whose name is also a continent |
| 32% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | "The Handmaid's Tale" actress whose last name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AUSTINBUTLER | 12 | "Elvis" actor whose first name is also a place in Texas (2 wds.) |
| 32% | VIVA | 4 | Paper towel brand whose name is a Spanish word |