| 100% | NEWCOLOSSUS | 11 | Poem inscribed on 17-Across, with "The" |
| 56% | ANCIENT | 7 | With 42-Across, subject of the poem that contains the line 17-/65-Across |
| 56% | PLYMOUTHROCK | 12 | Landmark with the year 1620 inscribed on it |
| 55% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 17-Across, "Masters of Sex" actor who plays the angel Aziraphale on 30-Across |
| 52% | THESHOEISONTHE | 14 | With 35 Across, "I've turned the tables on you" |
| 49% | MOSCOW | 6 | With 17-Across, where the Duma sits |
| 48% | SPIKE | 5 | With 17-Across, "Do the Right Thing" director |
| 48% | UPTO | 4 | With 45-Across, informed on the latest |
| 48% | LETSSEEWHATS | 12 | With 90 Across, the most famous line heard on Let's Make a Deer? |
| 47% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group with the hits 17-, 39- and 61-Across |
| 47% | CHAIM | 5 | With 47-Across, "Fiddler on the Roof" star |
| 47% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 36-Across, president on the $5 bill |
| 47% | RED | 3 | With 72-Across, crisis condition on the Enterprise |
| 47% | BASE | 4 | With 1-Across, double on the diamond, say |
| 46% | THREELITTLEPIGS | 15 | Homeowners associated with the ends of 17-, 28- and 43-Across |
| 46% | IMLOOKINGOVERA | 14 | With 114-Across, tune heard on the 37-Down |
| 46% | SPIN | 4 | With 22-Across, prepares to put on the line |
| 46% | BAD | 3 | With 54-Across, spa town on the Lahn River |
| 46% | JUST | 4 | With 18-Across, "To be on the safe side ..." |
| 46% | SIOUX | 5 | With 4-Across, port on the Iowa/Nebraska border |
| 46% | LAKE | 4 | With 14-Across, water on the California/Nevada border |
| 46% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Brown, "The Original Disco Man" artist with 17 No. 1s on the Billboard R&B charts |
| 46% | CORED | 5 | With the 1 Across removed |
| 46% | LOUD | 4 | With the volume on 10 |
| 46% | BILLY | 5 | Name associated with the starts of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 46% | BENJAMINFRANKLIN | 16 | Image that appears with the 20-Across on an old half dollar |
| 46% | IFMY | 4 | With 36- and 43-Across, second line of the poem |
| 46% | NOVUS | 5 | With 46-Across, phrase on the back of a buck |
| 46% | MAMMA | 5 | With 33-Across, musical set on the island of Kalokairi |
| 46% | JOSIE | 5 | With 34-Across, transgender actress on "Saved by the Bell" |