| 100% | PRNDL | 5 | Letters marking a 54-Across |
| 55% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark over a German letter |
| 53% | TEARSTAIN | 9 | Mark on a Dear John letter, perhaps |
| 53% | UNSEAL | 6 | Open, as a 54-Across |
| 53% | ACE | 3 | Card marked with a letter |
| 52% | SWAK | 4 | Letters near a lipstick mark on an envelope |
| 51% | ARCHED | 6 | Like a 54-Across |
| 51% | WEDS | 4 | Gains a 54-Across |
| 51% | DATESTAMP | 9 | Mark that shows exactly when a letter was posted |
| 51% | DIACRITIC | 9 | Mark found above a letter that changes its sound |
| 50% | USES | 4 | Makes a 54-Across of |
| 49% | STARERS | 7 | People around a 54-Across, typically |
| 49% | RED | 3 | Common color of a 54-Across |
| 49% | SRO | 3 | Unlikely sign at a 54-Across |
| 49% | HEWS | 4 | Swings a 54-Across at, say |
| 49% | APR | 3 | Letters on a 20-Across |
| 49% | AKA | 3 | Letters before a 34-Across |
| 49% | TILDE | 5 | Mark placed over the letter n indicating a palatal nasal consonant |
| 49% | BRIDGE | 6 | Structure across a river with a silent letter "d" |
| 48% | FILEANEXTENSION | 15 | What some do regarding a 54-Across |
| 48% | TAM | 3 | Scottish cap similar to a 54-Across |
| 47% | TILDE | 5 | Mark placed over the letter ‘n’ in ‘senor’ indicating a palatal nasal consonant |
| 46% | CHARGE | 6 | What a 54-Across may do to a matador |
| 46% | OMEGA | 5 | Letter after 54-Across |
| 45% | ETHAN | 5 | With 54-Across, a Revolutionary hero |
| 45% | ACCENT | 6 | Mark on a letter such as a grave, circumflex or acute in the French language |
| 45% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 44% | TILDE | 5 | Mark placed over the letter ‘n’ in the Spanish word ‘senor’, indicating a palatal nasal consonant |
| 44% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark placed over a vowel in German such as the letter u in the name Jürgen |
| 44% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |