| 100% | HUMANBEINGS | 11 | Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-Down |
| 50% | FRED | 4 | With 25 Down, source of quote |
| 47% | DES | 3 | With 23-Down, capital of Iowa |
| 46% | TOUR | 4 | With 23-Down, leader of a sightseers' group |
| 44% | ARLO | 4 | With 23-Across, singer of the song referenced at 6-Down |
| 43% | ORG | 3 | End of 25 Down's URL |
| 42% | TWINKLE | 7 | With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme |
| 41% | RATIO | 5 | Pair of numbers with a colon |
| 40% | STAR | 4 | With 23-Across, winner of seven Oscars |
| 40% | ELON | 4 | With 23 Across, CEO of 15 Across |
| 40% | HIHAT | 5 | Pair of cymbals with a foot pedal |
| 40% | ANG | 3 | With 23-Across, "Life of Pi" Oscar winner |
| 39% | COMPASSES | 9 | Pair of sticks with a point, for drawing circles |
| 39% | TOMTOMS | 7 | Pair of small drums hit with sticks or hands |
| 39% | GIRAFFE | 7 | Creature with distinctive features seen at the ends of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 39% | MATCHING | 8 | Wine-__, the pairing of wines with food |
| 38% | ALBERT | 6 | With 23-Across, author of the general theory of relativity |
| 38% | ISOPOD | 6 | Crustacean with seven pairs of legs |
| 38% | BIPLANE | 7 | Aircraft with two pairs of wings |
| 38% | MILTON | 6 | With 51 Down, source of answer |
| 38% | HAT | 3 | With 36 Down, show of gratitude |
| 38% | ANG | 3 | Lee with a pair of Oscars |
| 38% | SEAN | 4 | Penn with a pair of Oscars |
| 38% | CASSETTE | 8 | Device with a pair of spools |
| 38% | BRA | 3 | Undergarment with a pair of cups |
| 38% | SEAN | 4 | With 25 Across, subject of quote |
| 38% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 38% | ROE | 3 | Eggs of 23 Down |
| 38% | GRIFFINS | 8 | Creatures with body of a lion and head of an eagle |
| 38% | PLATYPUS | 8 | Creature with a duck bill and the body of a mammal |