| 100% | OPPOSITE | 8 | Like the prepositions in 23-, 35- and 46-Across |
| 49% | SHARKINFESTED | 13 | Like the waters in 1 Across...and 20, 28, and 45 Across? |
| 44% | QUARK | 5 | Particle whose six flavors form the starts of 16-, 23-, 35-, 37-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 43% | UNDERWATER | 10 | Submerged, like the creatures in 22-, 34- and 56-Across |
| 42% | ODD | 3 | Like the numbers 23, 25, and 27 |
| 42% | BATTERFRIED | 11 | Like the fish in fish and chips |
| 42% | NAVAL | 5 | Like the battles in "Master and Commander" |
| 42% | SILENT | 6 | Like the "s" in "aisle" and "island" |
| 42% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 42% | CUTTINGEDGE | 11 | Like the technology of 1-, 7-, 63- and 64-Across, and 1-, 14-, 38- and 46-Down |
| 42% | SIAMESE | 7 | Like the cats in "Lady and the Tramp" |
| 42% | ATWAR | 5 | Like the U.S. and Spain in 1898 |
| 42% | ERODED | 6 | Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65-Across in order? |
| 41% | THE | 3 | With 35- and 36-Across, second-largest galaxy in the Local Group |
| 41% | SOUR | 4 | Like the grapes in "The Fox and the Grapes" |
| 41% | SOUR | 4 | Like the grapes in "The Fox and the Grapes"? |
| 41% | GAY | 3 | Like the lead characters in "Love, Simon" and "Love, Victor" |
| 41% | ATWAR | 5 | Like the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance, in science fiction |
| 41% | LAST | 4 | Like the letters “Z” and omega, in their respective alphabets |
| 40% | SWEET | 5 | Like the taste of 23- and 25-Down |
| 40% | INVISIBLE | 9 | Like the man in H.G. Wells and Ralph Ellison titles |
| 40% | BOXER | 5 | Athlete like the title characters in "Creed" and "Rocky" |
| 40% | LOST | 4 | Like Hansel and Gretel in the forest |
| 40% | ATWAR | 5 | Like Iraq and Iran, in the 1980s |
| 40% | UPTOWN | 6 | Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s? |
| 39% | REMADE | 6 | Like the movie A Star Is Born, in 1954, 1976, and 2018 |
| 39% | WATERLOGGED | 11 | Saturated like the ends of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-Across? |
| 39% | SHOPS | 5 | Small stores like the bakery and pharmacy in a market |
| 39% | MONT | 4 | __ Blanc (peak in the 35 Across) |
| 39% | ARENAS | 6 | Ball in Denver and the like |