| 100% | SEAS | 4 | Homophone of "seize" and "sees" |
| 68% | PEAR | 4 | Homophone of "pair" and "pare" |
| 68% | PEAR | 4 | Homophone of "pare" and "pair" |
| 68% | ROE | 3 | Homophone of "row" and "rho" |
| 68% | CENT | 4 | Homophone of "sent" and "scent" |
| 68% | SITE | 4 | Homophone of "sight" and "cite" |
| 68% | PEAK | 4 | Homophone of "pique" and "peek" |
| 67% | SENSE | 5 | Homophone of scents, cense and cents |
| 67% | ISLE | 4 | Homophone of "I'll" and "aisle" |
| 66% | BEA | 3 | Homophone of the "before and after" theme |
| 65% | AYE | 3 | Homophone of a body part and a letter |
| 63% | RAZE | 4 | Homophone and opposite of "raise" |
| 63% | METE | 4 | Homophone and anagram of "meet" |
| 63% | TIDE | 4 | Homophone and anagram of "tied" |
| 63% | SEES | 4 | Homophone of "seize" |
| 60% | SEA | 3 | Homophone of "see" |
| 58% | JAMESWAN | 8 | Director of Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring |
| 58% | METE | 4 | Anagram and homophone of "meet" |
| 56% | WHANNELL | 8 | Leigh, star and co-creator of the Saw franchise |
| 56% | PALM | 4 | Type of tree seen in Miami and Los Angeles |
| 56% | SEOUL | 5 | Asian capital city whose name is a homophone of 5-Down and 9-Across |
| 55% | SAWSET | 6 | Tool for tuning and sharpening of saw blades (2 wds) |
| 55% | BOYS | 4 | First and last word of a common four-word saw |
| 55% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | Character seen at the beginning and end of "Star Wars" |
| 55% | ORR | 3 | Hockey great whose name is a homophone of 88-Across and 123- and 124-Down |
| 54% | PIERRE | 6 | War and Peace character who sees the Great Comet of 1812 |
| 54% | ORE | 3 | Homophone of 21-Across (and anagram of 46-Across) |
| 54% | HUEY | 4 | Partner of Dewey and Louie seen in "Duck Tales" |
| 53% | RAZE | 4 | Homophone (and opposite) of "raise" |
| 53% | SOUTHERNCROSS | 13 | Constellation seen on the flags of Australia, Samoa and Papua New Guinea |