| 100% | JOINME | 6 | Invitation from 20-Across to Rey |
| 49% | NOBU | 4 | Fancy place to 20-Across sushi from |
| 44% | AVAST | 5 | 20-Across, to Popeye |
| 43% | DARTS | 5 | It has numbers from 1 to 20 |
| 43% | INITIALHERE | 11 | Contract directive … or a hint to what's missing from 17-, 20-, 58- and 62-Across |
| 43% | WORDBOTCHER | 11 | 20-Across, to 38-Across |
| 43% | TWINSISTER | 10 | 20-Across, to 32-Across |
| 43% | STOLE | 5 | Item made from 20-Across |
| 43% | DIAMETER | 8 | Measurement from edge to edge across a circle |
| 43% | TEETHE | 6 | Go from 0 to 20 in three years? |
| 43% | TEETHE | 6 | Go from 0 to 20, in a way |
| 43% | THATSHOWIROLL | 13 | Nonchalant reply to a compliment, or an apt remark from a 20-, 27-, 35-, or 47-Across |
| 42% | OWNER | 5 | 20-Across, to the Dallas Mavericks |
| 42% | DARTS | 5 | Game using a board numbered from 1 to 20 |
| 42% | ALLFORONE | 9 | Start of a quote from 20-Across |
| 41% | CALENDARREFORM | 14 | The change from Julian to Gregorian ... or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible? |
| 41% | TROPICALSTORM | 13 | Its 31-Down can be 20 to 40 miles across |
| 41% | DARTS | 5 | Pub game with a board numbered from 1 to 20 |
| 41% | SICILIA | 7 | 20-Across's island, to locals |
| 41% | EXALT | 5 | Write a 20-Across to, maybe |
| 41% | RIO | 3 | River, to a 20 Across |
| 40% | URAL | 4 | River that's a letter off from 20-Across |
| 40% | THEWHOLESHEBANG | 15 | From 1- to 67-Across |
| 39% | FINALAPPROVAL | 13 | Permission from the big boss ... and a hint to the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across (in the country indicated) |
| 39% | DONT | 4 | "I ___ want a lot for Christmas..." (lyric from 20-Across) |
| 39% | SWING | 5 | With 20 Across, place where your vote actually matters in the US, thanks to the Electoral College |
| 38% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | Hit song from 2000 ... and a hint to 10 symmetrically arranged Across answers |
| 38% | LARD | 4 | 59 Across alternative removed from this grid's shaded squares to create desserts |
| 38% | BENDS | 5 | With 20-Across, goes to great lengths |
| 38% | SSE | 3 | Dir. from 30-Across to Norfolk |