| 100% | TWINIGHT | 8 | Like doubleheaders that start in the afternoon and end after dark (Hyph.) |
| 38% | MBA | 3 | Degree that started materialising in the early 20's, and is one of the most sought after courses nowadays : Abbr. |
| 36% | OREGANO | 7 | Herb that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 36% | OHIO | 4 | State that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 36% | URDU | 4 | Language that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 35% | ANACONDA | 8 | Apex predator that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 35% | OREO | 4 | Food item that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 35% | OSLO | 4 | Northern European city that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 34% | IAMAROCK | 8 | Song that starts "A winter's day in a deep and dark December" |
| 34% | ONESTOP | 7 | Like shopping that's all done in the same place: Hyph. |
| 33% | DAY | 3 | Stretch that starts in the morning |
| 33% | RHYMES | 6 | Words that end with the same sounds, like "moan" and "groan" |
| 33% | ROOK | 4 | Chess piece that starts in the corner |
| 33% | RHINE | 5 | German river that starts in the Swiss Alps |
| 33% | ITSAHELLUVATOWN | 15 | Lyric in the song named by the starts and ends of 19-, 27-, 45- and 53-Across |
| 33% | BIGPOPPA | 8 | 1995 platinum rap hit that starts "To all the ladies in the place with style and grace" |
| 33% | BLACK | 5 | Surname for a wizarding family in the "Harry Potter" series that has members like Sirius and Regulus |
| 33% | MALFOY | 6 | Surname for a wizarding family in the "Harry Potter" series that has members like Draco and Lucius |
| 32% | STORM | 5 | Windy and cold natural phenomenon that comes after the calm, in a saying |
| 32% | VOLGA | 5 | Long Russian river that starts in the Moscow hills |
| 32% | ATASLANT | 8 | Like an escalator, and, aptly, like the six-letter word that begins where 40-Across ends |
| 32% | STOP | 4 | Full ___, English language punctuation that looks like . and indicates the end of a sentence |
| 32% | CATTRALL | 8 | Actress in “Sex and the City,” but not its reboot, “And Just Like That . . .” |
| 32% | ROOKS | 5 | Chess pieces that start in the corners of the board |
| 32% | RING | 4 | Bell ___, loud chiming sound that signals the start or end of a round in boxing |
| 32% | CBS | 3 | Network that plans to end the "Judge Judy" show in 2021 after its 25th season |
| 31% | ROOKS | 5 | Chess pieces that start in the four corners of the board |
| 31% | ROCKMUSIC | 9 | Style of songs that started in the US in the 1940s |
| 31% | TAO | 3 | 62 mile Yellow River tributary that starts in the Xiqing Mountains |