| 100% | COTTON | 6 | Crop grown on the second plantation where 14-/18-Across was enslaved |
| 36% | WHEAT | 5 | Crop grown on the most land worldwide |
| 35% | SEATBACKPOCKET | 14 | Where the 18-Across is commonly found |
| 34% | MEMOIR | 6 | Kind of book, written by 14-/18-Across in 1853 after being rescued, on which the movie is based |
| 32% | VINEYARD | 8 | Rural plantation where grapes are grown |
| 32% | FARM | 4 | Where crops are grown |
| 31% | UPSDELIVERY | 11 | Package on the porch ... or what's been brought to 18-, 24-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 31% | BARTTHEGENIUS | 13 | Second episode of 18-Across, which aired on January 14, 1990 (3 wds.) |
| 30% | LINCOLNCENTER | 13 | Big Apple performing arts locale now on the site where some of 15-Across was filmed: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GROVES | 6 | Plantations where lemons and oranges are grown |
| 30% | STEM | 4 | Where the thorns on a rose are |
| 30% | FIELDPOSITION | 13 | Where the ball is on a gridiron |
| 30% | FIELDS | 6 | Places where crops are grown |
| 30% | EMU | 3 | The second tallest bird on the planet which is endemic to Australia |
| 30% | JUST | 4 | With 18-Across, "To be on the safe side ..." |
| 30% | SCAPAFLOW | 9 | Where the German fleet was scuttled on Orkney |
| 30% | SIDEBAR | 7 | Where the Trending section on Facebook is found |
| 30% | INSPACE | 7 | Where the Robinsons were lost on 1960s TV |
| 30% | PRICETAG | 8 | Where the cost is found on an item |
| 30% | RUBYROSE | 8 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who plays Kate Kane on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BINNACLE | 8 | Case on the deck of a ship where the compass is |
| 29% | HUMANCLONES | 11 | What all of the identical characters on 18-Across are: 2 wds. |
| 29% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 29% | REAR | 4 | Where the bag of gifts is stowed on a sleigh |
| 29% | GREEN | 5 | Where the hole and flagstick are, on a golf course |
| 29% | SILO | 4 | Tower on a farm where corn is grown |
| 29% | ARABLE | 6 | Fertile farmland on which crops can be grown |
| 29% | TOMB | 4 | Where writing is on the wall? |
| 29% | BOSNIA | 6 | Banja Luka, on the Vrbas River, is this area's second-largest city |
| 29% | ASIA | 4 | Where most of the world's rice and tea is grown |