| 100% | ATALEOFTWOCITIES | 16 | Dickens novel with the 56-Across as its backdrop |
| 40% | COORS | 5 | Beer with the Rockies as part of its logo |
| 40% | PANAMA | 6 | Country with the same name as its capital, __ City |
| 40% | ELON | 4 | North Carolina university with the Phoenix as its mascot |
| 39% | TRACY | 5 | "30 Rock" character with the same first name as its actor |
| 39% | FOUR | 4 | Only number with the same number of letters as its value |
| 39% | TURNBACK | 8 | With 65 Across, return to the way it was |
| 38% | BHUT | 4 | With 18 Across, plant also known as the ghost pepper |
| 38% | MOOS | 4 | Black Forest mountain range with the Siedigkopf as its highest point (with "The") |
| 37% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 37% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month |
| 36% | OTTERPOP | 8 | Frozen treat with Alexander the Grape as one of its flavors |
| 36% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its associated month |
| 36% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with the same consonants as the food it goes on |
| 36% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with the same consonants as what it's used on |
| 35% | GEOLOGY | 7 | Branch of science that deals with the study of earth as well as its structure and composition |
| 35% | IMONABOAT | 9 | 2009 Grammy nominee with the lyric "But this ain't SeaWorld, this is real as it gets" |
| 35% | DUNE | 4 | Novel with the desert planet Arrakis |
| 35% | TALEOFTWOCITIES | 15 | Dickens novel, with "A" |
| 35% | OMOO | 4 | Novel with the chapter "Farming in Polynesia" |
| 35% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 27 Across, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2022, defined as self-indulgent behavior |
| 34% | TITLE | 5 | With 54-Down, song with the same name as its album |
| 34% | VERSACE | 7 | The luxury brand with Medusa's head as its logo |
| 34% | JANEEYRE | 8 | Novel with the line "Reader, I married him" |
| 34% | BERNARD | 7 | With 23 Across, luxury goods magnate listed by Forbes as the world's wealthiest person in 2023 |
| 34% | LATINA | 6 | Not one of the 56 Across |
| 34% | WOOWOOWOO | 9 | With 80 Across, what it's like after a meeting of the Curly Fan Club? |
| 34% | MAEWEST | 7 | “When I was born with this face, it was the same as strikin’ oil” speaker |
| 34% | ITINA | 5 | Memoir that was adapted as the film "What's Love Got to Do With It" |
| 34% | NINETEEN | 8 | With 56-Across, The New Yorker’s founding year |