| 100% | GAL | 3 | Inner woman of 20- and 53-Across and 10- and 29-Down |
| 63% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 54% | CHECK | 5 | Common element of 20- and 56-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
| 52% | PERMUTATIONS | 12 | What 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across are of each other |
| 52% | MAC | 3 | Apple at the cores of 17- and 53-Across and 10- and 23-Down |
| 51% | TOWEL | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 51% | CABINET | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 58-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 51% | PRETZEL | 7 | Snack item with shapes at the last parts of 20- and 50-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 51% | SOAP | 4 | The end of each of 20- and 56-Across and 11- and 29-Down is a popular one |
| 50% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow each half of 16- and 53-Across and 10- and 26-Down |
| 50% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |
| 49% | INDEPENDENCEDAY | 15 | What 20- and 52-Across and 10- and 44-Down celebrate every first week of July |
| 48% | WORD | 4 | ___ ladder (puzzle type seen at 9 Across, 10 Across, 19 Across, 20 Across, and 16 Down) |
| 48% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 47% | CLEANENERGY | 11 | "Green" topic suggested by the starts of 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 44% | AUTOS | 5 | Ends of 20- and 57-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 43% | COPPERHEAD | 10 | Venomous snake (and what 16-Across and 10- and 26-Down have two of) |
| 43% | ORAL | 4 | Like any part of 20 and 39 Across |
| 43% | BOWLS | 5 | Starts of 21- and 53-Across and 3- and 30-Down |
| 43% | AAA | 3 | Clue to 20- and 55-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 43% | PLEONASMS | 9 | Redundancies, like 20- and 50-Across and 5- and 29-Down |
| 43% | SILENTK | 7 | Attribute of 16- and 57-Across and 10- and 28-Down |
| 42% | NAMES | 5 | Starts of 17- and 55-Across, and 11- and 29-Down, impolitely |
| 42% | BOARD | 5 | Word that can follow the first words of 20-, 29-, 43- and 51-Across and 4-, 9-, 37- and 39-Down |
| 42% | MARX | 4 | Surname of the stars of 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 41% | EYE | 3 | Word that can follow each half of 20- and 60-Across and 11- and 36-Down |
| 41% | NOTE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 20- and 54-Across and 4- and 26-Down |
| 41% | POLICE | 6 | They can be found in 20- and 55-Across and 10- and 26-Down |
| 41% | JULIUS | 6 | With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 41% | DENTISTS | 8 | Experts with the ends of 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down |