| 100% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | How 25-Across appeared at a 6-Down in 1961 |
| 39% | DRAWKCAB | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the top half of this puzzle vis-à-vis the bottom |
| 39% | DIET | 4 | With 25 Across, canonical brand for a 10 Down/11 Across |
| 38% | MISTERINBETWEEN | 15 | Fellow in a 1944 Johnny Mercer song hinted at by 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 37% | ALARMED | 7 | In a 6-Down |
| 37% | ROW | 3 | How to go "gently down the stream," in a nursery rhyme |
| 37% | BACKWARD | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the bottom half of this puzzle |
| 37% | GENTLY | 6 | How the boat goes down the stream, in a children's song |
| 36% | UKES | 4 | They're played at a 25-Down |
| 36% | ACTS | 4 | Appears in a 19-Across |
| 35% | POCONORACEWAY | 13 | Superspeedway in Pennsylvania with a "solar farm" across 25 acres: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ZERO | 4 | 25-Across alternative in a binary number system |
| 35% | NEL | 3 | A —, South Africa Test cricketer who took 6-32 against West Indies at Bridgetown in 2005 |
| 34% | HANKAARON | 9 | 1982 Cooperstown inductee who appeared in a record 25 All-Star Games (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ARIA | 4 | Solo in a 6-Down |
| 34% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 34% | MADELINE | 8 | Children’s-book character who appears in a mural at Manhattan’s Bemelmans Bar |
| 34% | OLIVERHARDY | 11 | Comedian first appearing with 25 Across in 1921 |
| 34% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 34% | TEAMMATES | 9 | Participants in a 6-Down, perhaps |
| 34% | SWORDSWALLOWING | 15 | Activity one might see at a circus ... or in the Across answers containing circles? |
| 34% | CHUG | 4 | Down in a hurry |
| 34% | ATE | 3 | Downed in a diner |
| 34% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 33% | TAXI | 4 | Vehicle in a line at 8-Across |
| 33% | STARC | 5 | M A —, Australia Test cricketer who took 6-154 against South Africa at Perth in 2012 |
| 33% | ACT | 3 | Perform in a 6-Across |
| 33% | AMORE | 5 | It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit |
| 33% | TOSSACOIN | 9 | Perform a pregame NFL ritual ... or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers |
| 33% | ONCE | 4 | At a time in the past |