| 100% | FATFREE | 7 | Made with 39-Down, maybe |
| 65% | WALDO | 5 | With 39 Down, Emerson predecessors |
| 59% | IRISHCOFFEE | 11 | Drink made with Jameson, maybe |
| 57% | VEGANPIZZA | 10 | Pie made with dairy-free cheese, maybe |
| 57% | LATTE | 5 | Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe |
| 56% | ILL | 3 | Down with the flu, maybe |
| 56% | FEVERISH | 8 | Down with the flu, maybe |
| 56% | EKE | 3 | With 42 Down, barely make |
| 56% | ROAST | 5 | With 39-Across, make fun of Maverick’s flying partner? |
| 55% | TEEPEE | 6 | Home made with buffalo skin, maybe |
| 55% | BRIBES | 6 | Payments made with a wink, maybe |
| 55% | TADA | 4 | Cry made with a curtsy, maybe |
| 55% | BACKBITE | 8 | Make spiteful comments, with teeth maybe |
| 55% | ALL | 3 | With 39-Down, hot |
| 55% | FAR | 3 | With 39-Down, unconventional |
| 55% | ADD | 3 | With 39-Down, extras |
| 55% | DOWN | 4 | With 39-Down, minimize |
| 55% | ONE | 3 | With 39-Down, "Wait!" |
| 54% | SMOKEY | 6 | With 39-Down, Miracle worker? |
| 53% | UPSIDECAKE | 10 | With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple |
| 53% | TONE | 4 | With 39-Down, terrible with pitches |
| 53% | ACHY | 4 | Coming down with something, maybe |
| 52% | HEE | 3 | With 39-Down, a cornball variety show |
| 52% | WHERE | 5 | With 39-Down, question after an interruption |
| 51% | COLLAGE | 7 | Piece of art made with paper scraps, maybe |
| 51% | NEO | 3 | Prefix that rhymes with 39-Down |
| 50% | ALBERT | 6 | With 39-Down, speaker of this puzzle's quote |
| 50% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | With 39-Across, Bikini Bottom fry cook who made his TV debut on May 1, 1999 |
| 50% | AIL | 3 | Be down with a cold, maybe |
| 49% | THE | 3 | With 39-Down, last words in many an old movie |