| 100% | BATMEAN | 7 | Opponent of 28-Down, in comics |
| 59% | KASPPAROV | 9 | Opponent of 86-Down, in games |
| 59% | HAROE | 5 | Opponent of 78-Down, in fable |
| 59% | KINGKONDG | 9 | Opponent of 49-Down, in film |
| 59% | AFLI | 4 | Opponent of 14-Down, in sports |
| 59% | HARE | 4 | Opponent of 78-Down, in fable |
| 59% | DAVITD | 6 | Opponent of 64-Down, in the Bible |
| 59% | HERCDULES | 9 | Opponent of 3-Down, in Greek myth |
| 59% | HHECTOR | 7 | Opponent of 9-Down, in classical literature |
| 58% | GIN | 3 | Partner of 28-Down in a bar |
| 55% | EAST | 4 | Opponent of 28-Across |
| 51% | SOLIDS | 6 | Opponent of stripes in billiards |
| 49% | STROM | 5 | Opponent of Tom and Harry in 1948 |
| 49% | SPARTA | 6 | Opponent of Athens in the Peloponnesian War |
| 49% | PRO | 3 | Opponent of "con" in a debate |
| 49% | DEED | 4 | Any of 28 in Monopoly |
| 49% | DEED | 4 | One of 28 in Monopoly |
| 48% | SIRGAWAIN | 9 | Opponent of the Green Knight, in Arthurian legend |
| 48% | SKINS | 5 | Opponent of "shirts," in a pickup basketball game |
| 48% | ACK | 3 | Cry of surprise in the comics |
| 48% | THERIDDLER | 10 | Father of Enigma in DC Comics |
| 48% | HIC | 3 | Sound of a drinker in comics |
| 48% | STATES | 6 | Group of 28 in 5 Across |
| 48% | LARRYTHE | 8 | With 28-Down, voice of Mater in the three "Cars" movies: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHUG | 4 | Down in one gulp, like a glass of beer |
| 47% | IVAN | 4 | ___ Drago, opponent of Rocky in "Rocky IV" |
| 47% | AJAX | 4 | Duel opponent of Hector in the "Iliad" |
| 47% | DEED | 4 | One of 28 in a Monopoly game |
| 47% | DEED | 4 | One of 28 in a Monopoly box |
| 47% | DEED | 4 | Any of 28 in a Monopoly game |