| 100% | PINCH | 5 | Practice economy, when preceded by 48-Down |
| 51% | POD | 3 | Plant container, when preceded by 37-Down |
| 45% | SPIRAL | 6 | When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down |
| 44% | ICARE | 5 | Sympathetic comment turned unsympathetic when preceded by "Like" |
| 43% | RAH | 3 | Cheer that becomes another cheer when preceded by hoo |
| 43% | DUH | 3 | Word that retains its meaning when preceded by "no" |
| 43% | SEQUENCE | 8 | When preceded by [the circled letters], progression starting with 0 and 1 |
| 37% | WORKMATE | 8 | Colleague ... and, when preceded by "the," what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is |
| 37% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 33% | CMAJORSCALE | 11 | When strung together, musical sequence represented by the initials of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 33% | GIL | 3 | 48 Down guy |
| 32% | NLWEST | 6 | 48 Down's home |
| 32% | THE | 3 | With 48-Down, Time Lord played by various performers |
| 32% | YADA | 4 | When tripled, phrase spoken by 25-Down |
| 31% | THEME | 5 | 48 Down's intro music |
| 31% | ARTISTS | 7 | See 48 Down |
| 31% | COP | 3 | See 48 Down |
| 31% | DOROTHY | 7 | With 48-Down, character played by 1-Down/16-Across |
| 30% | SRTA | 4 | Title like 48 Down |
| 30% | BEEP | 4 | Sound made by a 48-Down |
| 30% | ESTER | 5 | Word often preceded by poly- |
| 30% | WATT | 4 | Unit often preceded by kilo- |
| 30% | TREO | 4 | Smartphone preceded by the Pre |
| 30% | WATT | 4 | Unit often preceded by kilo |
| 30% | PLUG | 4 | Word often preceded by "shameless" |
| 30% | HASHTAG | 7 | Word or phrase preceded by "#" |
| 30% | DAMN | 4 | Exclamation sometimes preceded by "hot" |
| 30% | ANO | 3 | ___ nuevo (time preceded by Nochevieja) |
| 30% | IMAC | 4 | Product preceded by the Performa |
| 30% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. preceded by a comma |