| 100% | MRE | 3 | Chow in 47-Down or the 59-Down |
| 52% | INVERT | 6 | Put upside down or in the opposite position |
| 52% | INVERTED | 8 | Put upside down or in the opposite order |
| 48% | ILL | 3 | Down with the 59-Down |
| 46% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic hit with the line, "You better chow down or it's gonna get cold" |
| 46% | IAGO | 4 | Villain in 47 down |
| 46% | MOLTO | 5 | Very, in 47 Down |
| 45% | ELEVATOR | 8 | One of these travels at 47 mph at the Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre, in Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| 44% | MISSING | 7 | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 44% | LOVEORCONFUSION | 15 | It starts "Is that the stars in the sky, or is it rain fallin' down?" |
| 44% | ESSAY | 5 | Article in Harper's or The Atlantic |
| 44% | ACHE | 4 | Pain in a tooth or the heart |
| 44% | PUPIL | 5 | Found in a classroom or the eye |
| 43% | EAT | 3 | Chow down or gobble up |
| 43% | ATE | 3 | Chowed down or chewed up |
| 43% | PECAN | 5 | With 47-Down, nut-filled dessert popular in the South |
| 43% | HOLDIT | 6 | "Stop right there!" … or a hint to the first words of 17-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 43% | KOED | 4 | Down for the count, in brief |
| 42% | NINAS | 5 | 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line |
| 42% | PAIROFJOKERS | 12 | Cards #53 and #54 in a deck ... or a hint to the answers to 19-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 42% | SWIMSUIT | 8 | Outfit for going in a pool or the ocean |
| 42% | PUPIL | 5 | What's found in a classroom or the eye |
| 42% | UNDERSEA | 8 | In the depths of the 31 Down |
| 42% | RABBITS | 7 | The animals that live in Watership Down |
| 42% | CAST | 4 | The actors in a play or movie |
| 42% | OBS | 3 | Outdated, in the 49 Down |
| 42% | DUMPS | 5 | Down in the ____ |
| 42% | DUMPS | 5 | Down in the __ |
| 42% | DUMPS | 5 | Down in the ___ |
| 41% | YES | 3 | "That's correct" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 28-, 45- and 59-Across, in different languages |