| 100% | BOUNDS | 6 | By leaps and __ (with rapid progress) |
| 65% | LEAPS | 5 | By ___ and bounds (with rapid progress) |
| 56% | LEAPS | 5 | "By ___ and bounds" (with rapid progress) |
| 55% | LEAPS | 5 | "By ____ and bounds" (with rapid progress) |
| 53% | SHOOTUP | 7 | Grow by leaps and bounds |
| 52% | HARES | 5 | Ones advancing by leaps and bounds |
| 51% | ROO | 3 | Critter that grows by leaps and bounds? |
| 50% | HARERAISING | 11 | Ranching that's growing by leaps and bounds? |
| 49% | PARKOUR | 7 | Sport where people make gains by leaps and bounds? |
| 45% | CARIOCA | 7 | Dance with dips and leaps |
| 44% | PLEDGE | 6 | With 44- and 51-Across words by Francis Bellamy |
| 43% | IOWA | 4 | State with Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls |
| 43% | IOWA | 4 | State with Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs |
| 43% | IOWA | 4 | State with Cedar Rapids and Sioux City |
| 43% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical beloved by and associated with JFK |
| 43% | BEHIND | 6 | With 10- and 65-Across, 1971 hit by the Who |
| 43% | NOBEL | 5 | With 6-Across, award won by Einstein, Churchill and Sartre |
| 43% | MATA | 4 | With 52-Across, dancer and spy played by Greta Garbo |
| 43% | STUCK | 5 | "___ With U," song by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber |
| 43% | PITCHER | 7 | Still Life with Curtain and Flowered __ by Cézanne |
| 43% | TATE | 4 | Museum with works by Hockney, Turner and Millais |
| 42% | ALWAYSGOTOOTHER | 15 | With 25-, 45- and 58-Across, some advice by 36-Across |
| 42% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 42% | KILLERSOF | 9 | With 24- and 28-Across, 2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese |
| 42% | DIE | 3 | "___ With a Smile" (song by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars) |
| 42% | CHIANTI | 7 | Drink partaken by Lecter with liver and fava beans |
| 41% | TWOSTEPSFORWARD | 15 | With 57-Across, metaphor for nonlinear progress depicted by the circled letters |
| 41% | HAKUNA | 6 | With 45-Down, Disney song written by Elton John and Tim Rice |
| 41% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 41% | ABRIEF | 6 | With 38 and 47 Across, best-seller written by 24/49 Across |