| 100% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | Phrase that aptly uses the same six different letters as 13 Across |
| 36% | BLOWHOLE | 8 | Anatomical feature of a 13-Across that uses the same consonants as 13-Across |
| 35% | ORAN | 4 | Algerian metropolis, whose name uses the same letters as director Ephron |
| 34% | ORSO | 4 | Phrase that means the same thing as "-ish": 2 wds. |
| 34% | TRAININGSEMINAR | 15 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of MASTERING |
| 34% | TREASUREHUNTER | 14 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of UNEARTHS |
| 33% | GETTINGMARRIED | 14 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of GRAND TIME |
| 33% | GPS | 3 | Letters that bookend the phrase "Google Maps," aptly |
| 33% | POLITICSASUSUAL | 15 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of U.S. CAPITOL |
| 33% | YEN | 3 | Currency that uses the same symbol as the yuan |
| 32% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 32% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month |
| 31% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its associated month |
| 31% | FINALE | 6 | What's spelled by the last letters of the six long Across phrases |
| 30% | BOISE | 5 | State capital that has the same number of letters as its state |
| 29% | THEMONOLITH | 11 | Black artifact that inspires one of the 21 Across to use a bone as a weapon |
| 29% | YEA | 3 | Word that means the same thing, and has the same letters as, "aye" |
| 28% | MTN | 3 | PepsiCo used these three letters in 2008 to rebrand the soft drink that now offers Pitch Black as a flavor |
| 28% | ATASLANT | 8 | Like an escalator, and, aptly, like the six-letter word that begins where 40-Across ends |
| 28% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone whose first letter is the same as that of its month |
| 27% | DIN | 3 | Letters that aptly fill the blanks in: __ __sturba__ce |
| 27% | DELTA | 5 | Airline with the same name as a Greek letter |
| 27% | OBIT | 4 | Column that aptly includes the letters BIO |
| 27% | ASHE | 4 | New York tennis stadium that has the same letters as 23-Down |
| 27% | OTTO | 4 | "Beetle Bailey" dog whose name has the same letters as 19-Across |
| 27% | NAAN | 4 | Palindromic bread name composed of the same letters as 16-Across |
| 27% | PALINDROME | 10 | Word or phrase that reads the same backward or forward |
| 27% | EISNER | 6 | Former executive with the same interior letters as his company |
| 26% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with the same consonants as what it's used on |
| 26% | OPALS | 5 | Birthstones whose name starts with the same letter as their month |