| 100% | ONTHEFOURTHOFJULY | 17 | Presidents 117-Across and 44-Down both died the same day in 1826 … |
| 43% | SOS | 3 | Message that reads the same upside down in both English and Morse code |
| 34% | NANCY | 5 | With 44-Across, golfer who was named both LPGA Rookie of the Year and LPGA Player of the Year in 1978 |
| 34% | PSALMS | 6 | Whence the phrase "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep" |
| 33% | MIMI | 4 | Only character with the same name in both "Rent" and "La Bohème" |
| 33% | ORSON | 5 | Yul Brynner died the same day as ___ Welles (odd fact) |
| 33% | INGMAR | 6 | Auteur who died the same day as his contemporary Michelangelo |
| 32% | STENNIS | 7 | Former U.S. senator John C. ___, whose name can be formed by combining 44 Down and 22 Across and reversing the whole thing |
| 31% | SLOTH | 5 | *Slow animal found hanging upside down in the Amazon... and which sleeps for up to 18 hours each day |
| 31% | CAROLBURNETT | 12 | Actress and comedian awarded the 44-Across in 2013 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CONGRUENT | 9 | Having the same size and shape, in geometry |
| 30% | CHIEFJUSTICE | 12 | With 39 and 44 Across, the most major magistrate |
| 30% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 30% | YOU | 3 | Pronoun that's the same in the singular and plural |
| 29% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 29% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TWEET | 5 | What birds and the president both do |
| 29% | MAKEADENT | 9 | Scratch the surface, and what both words in 17-, 26-, 55- and 65-Across literally do |
| 29% | WHATSSOFUNNY | 12 | Question asked in response to the starts of both words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 29% | BOB | 3 | Go up and down in the water |
| 29% | ACROSS | 6 | The two directions in crosswords : Down and ____ |
| 29% | BOB | 3 | Bounce up and down in the water |
| 29% | BOBS | 4 | Goes up and down in the waves |
| 29% | BOBS | 4 | Goes up and down in the water |
| 29% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 35-Across, actress who starred in both the "Hunger Games" and "X-Men" movie franchises |
| 29% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 29% | EDEN | 4 | Place in both the Quran and the Bible |
| 29% | ASIA | 4 | The largest continent in both size and population |
| 29% | THEE | 4 | Pronoun in both "America" and "America the Beautiful" |
| 29% | BARACK | 6 | With 29 Down, president born in the '60s |