| 100% | SIMIAN | 6 | Like monkeys and 59-Downs |
| 55% | PITIED | 6 | Like the down and out |
| 55% | OPP | 3 | Like up and down: Abbr. |
| 52% | INE | 3 | Like 59-Across's fourth and final scherzo |
| 51% | INDIE | 5 | Like Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, and Animal Collective |
| 51% | BOBS | 4 | Bounces up and down, like a buoy |
| 51% | BOB | 3 | Move up and down like a buoy |
| 51% | BOB | 3 | Move up and down, like a buoy |
| 51% | BOB | 3 | Float up and down, like a buoy |
| 49% | PALINDROMES | 11 | Phrases like 18-, 24-, 53-, 59-Across and 4-Down |
| 49% | YOYO | 4 | Go up and down like a stringed toy: Hyph. |
| 49% | FLAP | 4 | Move up and down like a bird's wings |
| 49% | YOYO | 4 | Go up and down, like one's weight: Hyph. |
| 48% | BOB | 3 | Move up and down, like a buoy in the ocean |
| 47% | RAINS | 5 | Comes down like cats and dogs? |
| 47% | RAINED | 6 | Came down like cats and dogs |
| 47% | SLIPON | 6 | Like moccasins and 24-Down |
| 47% | ICY | 3 | Like granita and 42-Down |
| 47% | YOYO | 4 | Go up and down like a toy on a string: Hyph. |
| 45% | SANTA | 5 | With 59-Down, like some winds |
| 44% | YOYO | 4 | Move up and down, like body weight or a toy on a string: Hyph. |
| 44% | PREHENSILE | 10 | Like monkey tails |
| 44% | IVDRIP | 6 | 59 Down hookup |
| 44% | WOOL | 4 | 59 Down surrounder |
| 44% | WARMOVIES | 9 | Combat-themed films like "Dunkirk" and "Black Hawk Down": 2 wds. |
| 42% | WAXEN | 5 | Like Madame Tussauds' statues and 5-Across/5-Down |
| 42% | ODD | 3 | Like the numbers 55, 57, and 59 |
| 42% | SEEDY | 5 | Run-down and shabby, like a flophouse |
| 42% | LATIN | 5 | Like 50-Across and 10-Down |
| 42% | HISSED | 6 | Sounded like a 59-Down |