| 100% | JOETHEBARTENDER | 15 | Comedy sketch with 44-Across |
| 89% | THEHONEYMOONERS | 15 | Comedy sketch with 29- and 44-Across |
| 65% | ANNE | 4 | With 44-Across, Jerry Stiller's wife and comedy partner |
| 65% | THEHANGOVER | 11 | With 44-Across, 2013 buddy comedy with Melissa McCarthy: 2 wds. |
| 64% | IMMEDIATELY | 11 | Without delay, with 44 Across |
| 62% | THEHATFIELDS | 12 | With 44 Across, legendary Southern feuding families |
| 62% | POLITICSIS | 10 | With 44 Across, Will Rogers on parties |
| 59% | MARRIEDWITH | 11 | With 44-Across, long-running Fox comedy starring Christina Applegate as a sex-obsessed teenager: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ENTR | 4 | With 44-Across, intermission |
| 53% | SNL | 3 | Comedy show with holiday-themed sketches: Abbr. |
| 53% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 53% | OLD | 3 | With 44-Across, a veteran |
| 53% | GENE | 4 | With 44-Across, Champion rider |
| 52% | ODD | 3 | With 44-Across, handyman's task |
| 52% | COP | 3 | With 44-Across, bargain for leniency |
| 52% | TOP | 3 | With 44-Across, Hanna-Barbera feline |
| 52% | FOOD | 4 | With 44-Across, post-meal lethargy |
| 51% | STER | 4 | Suffix with 44-Across |
| 51% | SNL | 3 | Sketch comedy show with Leslie Jones: Abbr. |
| 51% | ONION | 5 | With 44-Across, hot sandwich go-with |
| 51% | FATS | 4 | With 44-Across, "Ain't Misbehavin" songwriter |
| 51% | AVE | 3 | With 44-Across, a traditional Catholic prayer |
| 51% | DRAWANDONE | 10 | With 44-Across, execute, in a way |
| 51% | HUGH | 4 | With 44-Across, founder of Playboy magazine |
| 51% | STAIRWAY | 8 | With 44-Across, 1971 Led Zeppelin hit |
| 51% | BENNY | 5 | With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic |
| 51% | DEL | 3 | With 44-Across, "Summertime Sadness" singer Lana |
| 51% | EAR | 3 | With 44-Across, astronaut's homecoming vehicle |
| 50% | CAROLBURNETTSHOW | 16 | With "The," former sketch comedy program on CBS ... fittingly enough |
| 50% | SNL | 3 | Sketch comedy series with over 70 Emmys: Abbr. |