| 100% | DUETS | 5 | Performances by two singers ... like 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down? |
| 50% | STEM | 4 | Feature of the items in the first parts of 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 50% | BEAM | 4 | Smile (and a word that can follow the first parts of 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down) |
| 42% | LUCKY | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 32-Down |
| 41% | WHEREWASI | 9 | Lost-one's-place words often preceded by the two-letter start of 17-, 29- and 49-Across |
| 39% | DUET | 4 | Performance by two singers |
| 38% | POT | 3 | Word that completes 3 Down, 4 Across, 21 Down, and 28 Across |
| 36% | GET | 3 | See 17- and 58-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 36% | BOWLS | 5 | Starts of 21- and 53-Across and 3- and 30-Down |
| 36% | PLEONASMS | 9 | Redundancies, like 20- and 50-Across and 5- and 29-Down |
| 36% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," 3-Down, 16-Across, and 49-Across singer who turns 75 years old on May 9, 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | POT | 3 | Word that defines 21- and 55-Across and 3- and 35-Down |
| 35% | SPIKED | 6 | What 21- and 52-Across and 3- and 31-Down might be |
| 35% | PERSONALFINANCE | 15 | Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29-Down |
| 35% | RAINONME | 8 | 2020 #1 hit by 14-Across and 29-Across: 3 wds. |
| 34% | GOSPELS | 7 | Writings of the first parts of 21- and 53-Across and 3- and 31-Down |
| 34% | TVSHOWS | 7 | What the ends of 21- and 57-Across and 3- and 30-Down all name |
| 33% | YOULL | 5 | With 21 Across, 3 Down, 8 Down, and 20 Down, response to Ralphie's request for a BB gun in "A Christmas Story" |
| 33% | TYPE | 4 | Synonym for "class" found in the middle of 21- and 54-Across and 3- and 35-Down |
| 33% | ALLWISE | 7 | Like King Solomon ... or an oral hint to 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 33% | PRETZEL | 7 | Snack item with shapes at the last parts of 20- and 50-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 32% | CLEANENERGY | 11 | "Green" topic suggested by the starts of 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 32% | TRAIL | 5 | A "mix" of this word straddles the two words in 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 32% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 32% | DOVER | 5 | Capital suggested by the circled letters and by the starts of 17- and 63-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 32% | BALLS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 21-, 58- and 64-Across and 3- and 40-Down |
| 32% | ODD | 3 | Like the numbers 3, 7, and 21 |
| 32% | MILDSALSA | 9 | What 17-, 25-, 39-, 49- and 60-Across and 3-Down combine to make |
| 31% | THEFIGHTER | 10 | 2016 Top 40 duet by Carrie Underwood and 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | OFCOURSETHATS | 13 | End of every opinion piece by 24 Down on his old live show (continues at 71 and 81 Across) |