| 100% | CBA | 3 | Legal contract between an employer and a union (abbr.) |
| 46% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a name and an alias: Abbr. |
| 42% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 40% | BOOKDEAL | 8 | Agreement between an author and a publisher: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NINETY | 6 | It's between an A and a B |
| 38% | LBS | 3 | Between 75 and 140, for an adult cheetah: Abbr. |
| 38% | TAKESFORARIDE | 13 | Trade between an opinion writer and a bus driver? |
| 38% | SUNCHOKE | 8 | A cross between a sunflower and an artichoke |
| 37% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a name and an alias |
| 37% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a real name and an alias |
| 36% | AKA | 3 | Abbreviation between a real name and an assumed name |
| 36% | JETWAY | 6 | Movable bridge between a plane and an airport terminal |
| 36% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a real name and an assumed name |
| 36% | SEA | 3 | It's between a lake and an ocean in size |
| 36% | ABE | 3 | One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew |
| 36% | REY | 3 | Chess piece that starts between an alfil and a dama |
| 35% | HYBRID | 6 | In golf, a cross between a wood and an iron club |
| 35% | ESTER | 5 | Product of a reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid |
| 35% | SWEATSOCK | 9 | Absorbent layer between a foot and an athletic shoe: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PORTORHOUSE | 11 | Sommelier’s choice between a fortified wine and an inexpensive red? |
| 33% | ALLIANCE | 8 | A union between countries |
| 33% | TWILIGHT | 8 | Guess the movie from the badly explained plot! "Love triangle between an 18 year old, a vampire and a werewolf" |
| 32% | THU | 3 | Column between "WED" and "FRI" on a calendar: Abbr. |
| 32% | TERR | 4 | Nonmember of a union: Abbr. |
| 32% | LIMBS | 5 | An arm and a leg |
| 32% | LIMBS | 5 | An arm and a leg? |
| 32% | NDA | 3 | Part of a severance contract that may be illegal, per an N.L.R.B. ruling: Abbr. |
| 32% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 bestseller by 18-Across about a romance between a literary agent and an editor: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HALO | 4 | "___: Combat Evolved," 2001 video game that revolves around a war between humanity and an alliance of aliens |
| 32% | EUR | 3 | It now has a Union: Abbr. |