| 100% | ONEON | 5 | Situation in which only 56-Across is occupied |
| 51% | SETPOINT | 8 | Situation in which service is important |
| 51% | TIE | 3 | Situation in which nobody is up |
| 50% | TIE | 3 | Situation in which neither team is winning |
| 49% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Situation in which every move is disadvantageous, in chess |
| 47% | FLOODING | 8 | A situation in which areas are covered with water |
| 47% | OSUMGAME | 8 | Situation in which, on the whole, nothing can be gained or lost |
| 47% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Chess situation in which any move is a bad move |
| 47% | PHOTOOPS | 8 | Situations in which people volunteer to be captured? |
| 46% | ASCII | 5 | Code in which 8 is 56 |
| 43% | NATO | 4 | Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army |
| 43% | AIR | 3 | 2023 film in which Michael Jordan is only shown from behind |
| 42% | ANDORRA | 7 | Only country in which Catalan is the official language |
| 40% | ITAL | 4 | Lang. in which "friends" is 24-Across |
| 40% | POLITICALARENAS | 15 | Fields in which 6-Acrosses are found |
| 40% | GER | 3 | Lang. in which 43-Across is a word |
| 40% | TIE | 3 | Situation in which nobody's up |
| 39% | POLICEDRAMA | 11 | TV genre in which 69-Across might be said |
| 39% | TIE | 3 | Situation in which no one's up? |
| 39% | TYPHOON | 7 | Old Soviet class of nuclear submarine, only one of which is still in service |
| 38% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | With 60-Across, institution in which 19-, 25- and 37-Across are (thus far) the only three women ever to be inducted twice |
| 38% | SER | 3 | 56 Across, in Acapulco |
| 38% | SEVENWONDERS | 12 | With 51-Across and 15-Down, group in which [see circled letters] is the only one still largely intact |
| 38% | SHREK | 5 | 2001 film in which 91-/100-Across is a character |
| 38% | MATCHPOINT | 10 | Situation in which one person might have the advantage |
| 38% | NILE | 4 | River along which 56-Across is located |
| 38% | SHUTOUT | 7 | Game in which only one team scores |
| 37% | BASESEVEN | 9 | In which 49 is 100 |
| 37% | NIHILISM | 8 | In which nothing is everything |
| 37% | ESPERANTO | 9 | In which "language" is lingvo |