| 100% | AGREESON | 8 | Mutually accepts, as the terms of a contract: 2 wds. |
| 54% | LOADUP | 6 | Pack, as the trunk of a car: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HUMANRACE | 9 | The people of Earth as a group: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TRIEDON | 7 | Checked the fit of, as a dress: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TRYON | 5 | Test the fit of, as clothes at a department store: 2 wds. |
| 45% | USHERIN | 7 | Mark the beginning of, as a new era (2 wds.) |
| 45% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 45% | PITABREAD | 9 | The wrapping of a falafel sandwich: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SPORTSNIGHT | 11 | TV show featuring Robert Guillaume as the managing editor of a TV show (2 wds.) |
| 44% | STARIN | 6 | Head the cast of a film: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MINORITYLEADER | 14 | Original title of a nonfiction work by 45-Across republished as "Lead from the Outside" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | CHICAGOBULLS | 12 | Basketball team based in Illinois, ranked by Forbes as the fourth most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $2.6 billion: 2 wds. |
| 43% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 43% | QUIZLADY | 8 | 2023 Hulu comedy starring 16-Across as the sister of a game show fanatic: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ORELSE | 6 | Words at the end of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LEASE | 5 | Term of a contract |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Pledge heard near the end of a wedding: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LILYPAD | 7 | Plant floating on the surface of a pond: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 42% | POUNDSIGN | 9 | Symbol used at the start of a hashtag: 2 wds. |
| 42% | REALISM | 7 | The practice of accepting a situation as it is |
| 42% | BSIDE | 5 | The part of a 45 record that probably wasn't the hit: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JACKLALANNE | 11 | Exercise guru known as the Godfather of Fitness: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Phrase near the end of a wedding ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 42% | TODO | 4 | Phrase at the top of a task list: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Reply near the end of a marriage ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BSIDE | 5 | Tune on the back of a 45 single: 2 wds. |