| 100% | TRISTAN | 7 | Knight at the 16 Across |
| 57% | JEDI | 4 | Knight at the movies |
| 53% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 50% | LANCELOT | 8 | A knight at the round table and Guinevere's lover |
| 50% | MAGICEIGHTBALL | 14 | Provider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-Across |
| 49% | LASVEGAS | 8 | City that hosted the 16-/40-Across boxing match at the MGM Grand: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ROCKIN | 6 | With 16 Across, "___ the Christmas Tree" (Brenda Lee) |
| 47% | HORSES | 6 | The pieces at 26 Across, colloquially |
| 46% | SON | 3 | The little guy referenced at 131 Across |
| 46% | TRIO | 4 | The 16-Across, e.g. |
| 46% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 46% | BREAKDANCE | 10 | Debut sport at the Paris Olympics, or what 16-, 22-, 36-, and 46-Across do to their circled letters |
| 45% | TENITEMSORFEWER | 15 | Sign posted at a 16 Across |
| 45% | OGLE | 4 | Stare at from across the room |
| 44% | TAXI | 4 | Roll across the tarmac at an airport |
| 44% | DOSOMETHING | 11 | Call to action at times heard after the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 44% | ATOP | 4 | At the 27-Across of |
| 44% | BLUEJEANS | 9 | Casual pants (brands of which can be found at the starts of 16-Across, 27-Across, and 35-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ACADEMY | 7 | With 16-Across, yearly ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre |
| 44% | FRO | 3 | Hairdo for the musician at 110 Across, informally |
| 44% | INSECURE | 8 | HBO show featuring the actress at 1 Across |
| 43% | RAT | 3 | One who breaks the 16-Across |
| 43% | IRE | 3 | It uses the 16-Across: Abbr. |
| 43% | PERIODDRAMAS | 12 | Works set in the 16-Across |
| 43% | ELTON | 5 | John at the 67-Across |
| 43% | SHAPE | 5 | With 35-Across, 2017 Ed Sheeran hit that spent 16 weeks at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100 |
| 42% | GEORGIA | 7 | Semifinal opponent of the 16-Across Sooners |
| 42% | GEORGIA | 7 | 2018 semifinal opponent of the 16-Across Sooners |
| 41% | HEADLIGHTS | 10 | They're at the front of a car, and the other four longest Across answers |
| 41% | ZAKIYA | 6 | With 15 and 16 Across, writer with the 2021 debut novel "The Other Black Girl" |