| 100% | OREL | 4 | Pitcher Hershiser whose first name is an anagram of 40 Down |
| 62% | URIS | 4 | 20th-century novelist whose first name is an anagram of 66-Down |
| 59% | LADO | 4 | Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name |
| 53% | KOBO | 4 | E-reader whose name is an anagram of 19 Down |
| 51% | EIRE | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of 10-Down |
| 51% | OREL | 4 | Baseball legend ___ Hershiser whose name is an anagram of "lore" |
| 50% | RESEDA | 6 | California locale whose name is an anagram of 52-Down |
| 50% | NEGRI | 5 | Silents star whose name is an anagram of 112-Down |
| 50% | ELLIE | 5 | Singer Goulding whose name is an anagram of 46-Down |
| 50% | ELIEL | 5 | Architect Saarinen whose name is an anagram of 48-Down |
| 50% | ESME | 4 | Literary character whose name is an anagram of 56-Down |
| 50% | EAR | 3 | Body part whose name is an anagram of 16-Down |
| 47% | SINATRA | 7 | Artist whose name is an anagram of "artisan" |
| 47% | ALGORE | 6 | Politico whose name is an anagram of GAOLER |
| 47% | ALGORE | 6 | Notable whose name is an anagram of GALORE |
| 47% | ANT | 3 | Insect whose name is an anagram of 38a |
| 47% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose name is an anagram of "regal" |
| 47% | IRMA | 4 | Woman whose name is an anagram of MIRA |
| 47% | ALGERIA | 7 | Country whose name is an anagram of regalia |
| 47% | CANOE | 5 | Boat whose name is an anagram of ocean |
| 47% | STROMAE | 7 | "Papaoutai" singer whose stage name is an anagram of maestro |
| 47% | ELMO | 4 | Muppet whose name is an anagram of an animal |
| 47% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME |
| 47% | ALI | 3 | Boxer whose name is an anagram of 38-Across |
| 47% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Creature whose name is an anagram of 9-Across |
| 47% | ASP | 3 | Serpent whose name is an anagram of 1-Across |
| 47% | SPA | 3 | Business whose name is an anagram of 15-Across |
| 46% | HERA | 4 | Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's |
| 46% | ARES | 4 | God whose name is an anagram of his sister Ersa |
| 46% | SNES | 4 | Console whose name is an anagram of 21-Across, initially |