| 100% | BONOBO | 6 | One of the 2 Down |
| 75% | ARAB | 4 | One of the 24 Down |
| 75% | NEON | 4 | One of the 35 Down |
| 72% | COLD | 4 | End of the 2 Down ladder |
| 72% | WARM | 4 | Start of the 2 Down ladder |
| 71% | CORD | 4 | Step 4 of the 2 Down ladder |
| 71% | CARD | 4 | Step 3 of the 2 Down ladder |
| 70% | SGT | 3 | One of the 34 Down: Abbr. |
| 69% | CROCKETT | 8 | With Tubbs, one of the 2 detectives in Miami Vice |
| 67% | ATOE | 4 | One of the five digits on your foot: 2 wds. |
| 67% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | One of the two singers on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ROBERTCRUMB | 11 | One of the founders of the underground comix movement: 2 wds. |
| 66% | WARD | 4 | Step 2 of the 2 Down ladder |
| 65% | YALE | 4 | One of the 3-Down |
| 65% | MET | 3 | One of the 91-Down |
| 65% | LOSER | 5 | One of the 87-Down |
| 65% | PENN | 4 | One of the 53-Downs |
| 64% | RYANLEWIS | 9 | One of the duo behind the hip-hop album "The Heist": 2 wds. |
| 63% | KANYEWEST | 9 | One half of the rap duo who performed 11-Down: 2 wds. |
| 63% | MELC | 4 | Another nickname for Sporty Spice, one of the Spice Girls: 2 wds. |
| 63% | SMITH | 5 | One of about 2,400,000 in the United States |
| 63% | LITTLERICHARD | 13 | One of the charter inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 63% | LUST | 4 | One of the deadly 12-Downs |
| 62% | ANOTE | 5 | "Please make ___ of the instructions." (jot down): 2 wds. |
| 62% | STPAUL | 6 | One of the Twin Cities (2 wds.) |
| 62% | PHOEBEBRIDGERS | 14 | "Sidelines" singer who is one of the three members of 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ANTIQUARK | 9 | One of the two components of 5-Down |
| 61% | LARRYDAVID | 10 | One of the co-creators of "Seinfeld" who also voiced George Steinbrenner on the show: 2 wds. |
| 61% | PAU | 3 | One of the 18-Down's Gasol brothers |