| 100% | RIVET | 5 | Metal accent in a pair of Levi's |
| 51% | LIP | 3 | One in a pair of kissers? |
| 51% | LENS | 4 | Glass in a pair of glasses |
| 51% | RIP | 3 | Tear in a pair of jeans |
| 51% | RUN | 3 | Snag in a pair of tights |
| 51% | LITTLESPOON | 11 | One in a pair of cuddlers |
| 51% | KIDNEY | 6 | One in a pair of organs |
| 51% | PLEAT | 5 | Crease in a pair of trousers |
| 51% | SNAG | 4 | Imperfection in a pair of tights |
| 51% | RIPS | 4 | Tears in a pair of jeans |
| 51% | SNAG | 4 | Defect in a pair of tights |
| 50% | RIP | 3 | Tear in a pair of distressed jeans |
| 50% | XXX | 3 | Column's follower in a pair of x-axis/y-axis coordinates |
| 49% | LENSES | 6 | Curved transparent material in a pair of glasses |
| 49% | SHOE | 4 | One in a pair of sneakers, e.g. |
| 48% | CRUCIATE | 8 | A pair of ligaments in the human knee |
| 47% | CALIPERS | 8 | A pair of metal jaws to measure thickness of items |
| 47% | TWOCARCOLLUSION | 15 | Pair of vehicles in a plot? |
| 47% | OARS | 4 | Pair of blades in a rowboat |
| 46% | TOM | 3 | Hardy who plays a pair of brothers in "Legend" |
| 46% | HIHAT | 5 | Pair of cymbals in a drum kit |
| 46% | HIHAT | 5 | Pair of cymbals in a drum set |
| 45% | ONES | 4 | What snake eyes are a pair of, in craps lingo |
| 45% | HIHAT | 5 | Pair of cymbals in a drum kit: Hyph. |
| 45% | REEPEATS | 8 | The Chicago Bulls had a pair of them in the 1990s |
| 45% | BATMAN | 6 | 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers |
| 45% | SPREAD | 6 | Pair of facing pages in a newspaper or book |
| 45% | BELVEDERE | 9 | Pair of baroque palaces in Vienna, now a museum |
| 44% | GLOVE | 5 | One of a pair in a winter coat's pocket |
| 44% | EYEPIECE | 8 | Either of two in a pair of binoculars |