| 100% | BUDGET | 6 | Extent of the money for a project |
| 66% | FINANCIER | 9 | Person who provides the money for a project |
| 60% | FUNDING | 7 | Provision of money for a project |
| 56% | INFLATION | 9 | Economic term for a decline in the value of money |
| 52% | BUDGET | 6 | Set amount of money designated for a project |
| 51% | CHICKENTENDER | 13 | Money for a visit to the Colonel? |
| 51% | NEWMAN | 6 | Paul —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Color of Money |
| 50% | MCLEAN | 6 | Alexander James ___, member of the group "Backstreet Boys" who is also a contributor for the "It Gets Better Project" |
| 50% | SLUSHFUND | 9 | Money for a rainy day in the Arctic? |
| 49% | CURRENCY | 8 | The money of a country |
| 48% | BOUNTY | 6 | The money paid for capturing a fugitive |
| 48% | DOT | 3 | One of the punctuations for a URL |
| 47% | RAILHEAD | 8 | End of the line, for a train |
| 47% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 47% | FUNDING | 7 | Money provided for a project or initiative |
| 47% | ABBA | 4 | Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit |
| 46% | ELOPER | 6 | Visitor for a justice of the peace |
| 46% | SATURN | 6 | Eponym for a day of the week |
| 46% | ROBE | 4 | Cloth for a man of the cloth? |
| 46% | PEW | 3 | Bench for a member of the congregation |
| 46% | WAGE | 4 | The money paid for a job on a daily basis |
| 46% | TROAS | 5 | Locale for a vision of the Apostle Paul |
| 46% | KAON | 4 | Particle named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 46% | MONETARYUNIT | 12 | Professional development for a member of the Fed? |
| 46% | TEE | 3 | Shirt named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 46% | SOLDIER | 7 | General name for a member of the Army |
| 46% | ELIJAHWOODS | 11 | Clubs for a "Lord of the Rings" actor? |
| 46% | GETSADOMAINNAME | 15 | Shells out for a piece of the net |
| 46% | CAVERN | 6 | Setting for a Pirates of the Caribbean ride |
| 46% | SIR | 3 | Title for a Knight of the Round Table |