| 100% | AIDA | 4 | Opera that's 2-Down backward |
| 54% | SIRI | 4 | Name that's 6-Down backward |
| 54% | ELI | 3 | Name that's 6-Down backward |
| 54% | MARGARITA | 9 | Drink that's best served 2 Down |
| 54% | NED | 3 | Name that's 42-Down backwards |
| 54% | DAM | 3 | Structure that's 36-Down backwards |
| 51% | ATOY | 4 | "Put that down, it's not ___!" ("Don't play with that!"): 2 wds. |
| 50% | ERGO | 4 | Latin word that's 12-Down backward |
| 50% | LAGER | 5 | Beer type that's 3-Down backward |
| 49% | LIRA | 4 | Money that's an anagram of 2-Down |
| 49% | ATOY | 4 | "Put that down, that's not ___!" (mom or dad's warning): 2 wds. |
| 49% | LABOHEME | 8 | Giacomo Puccini opera that inspired the Broadway musical "Rent": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SAKI | 4 | Author Munro's 2 Down |
| 47% | EEL | 3 | Long fish that's 44-Down spelled backward |
| 47% | ZIPLINE | 7 | Wire that thrill-seekers zoom down: 2 wds. |
| 47% | T{OPT}EN | 8 | Numerical list that's counted backward |
| 46% | PAT | 3 | Synonym of 1-Down that's 1-Down backwards |
| 45% | ILET | 4 | "How could ___ you down?": 2 wds. (allow that to happen) |
| 45% | ILET | 4 | "How could ___ you down?" (allow that to happen): 2 wds. |
| 45% | LEDZEPPELIN | 11 | "Stairway to Heaven" group that turned down Woodstock: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ASCOT | 5 | Neckwear that's an anagram of 4-Across, 7-Across and 2-Down |
| 44% | SEGA | 4 | Video game giant ... or 2-Down backwards |
| 44% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese that's made backward? |
| 44% | OHSO | 4 | "___ that's your game!": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LMAO | 4 | "Wow, that's 2 funny!" |
| 43% | ONEDIRECTION | 12 | "Drag Me Down" group that won 14-Across in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PROCOLHARUM | 11 | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" group that turned down Woodstock: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NEMO | 4 | Name that's 53-Across backward |
| 43% | IRS | 3 | Org. that's 29-Across backward |
| 43% | ARI | 3 | Name that's 13-Across backward |