| 100% | PRO | 3 | Someone who is an expert at something |
| 67% | LOCKSMITH | 9 | Someone who is an expert in making keys |
| 60% | ADEPT | 5 | A master of an art, someone who is good at something |
| 59% | MIKETYSON | 9 | Legendary boxer nicknamed "The Baddest Man on the Planet" who is an expert at racing pigeons: 2 wds. |
| 56% | PRO | 3 | An expert at something |
| 53% | MARKSMAN | 8 | Male who is an expert shot |
| 51% | SCAPEGOAT | 9 | Someone who is unfairly blamed for something |
| 50% | RECIPIENT | 9 | Someone who is given an award or organ |
| 49% | SLY | 3 | Like someone who may be hiding something |
| 49% | RON | 3 | ___ Weasley from the "Harry Potter" series who is an expert chess player |
| 49% | CATHY | 5 | ___ Freeman, Australian former sprinter who was an expert in the 400m race |
| 49% | VIRTUOSO | 8 | Someone who is highly skilled at the arts |
| 48% | CHAPLAIN | 8 | Someone who prays at an assembly, hospital |
| 47% | ACE | 3 | Person who is excellent at something |
| 47% | OLD | 3 | Someone who has an advanced 51-Across is this |
| 47% | IRATE | 5 | Being extremely angry at something or someone |
| 45% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | "The Fugitive" actor who was an All-Ivy football selection at Harvard: 3 wds. |
| 45% | SAUCIER | 7 | One who’s an expert at reductions |
| 44% | TOOLONGDIDNTREAD | 16 | Response from someone who merely glanced at an online post, maybe |
| 44% | MATH | 4 | People who are good at this often have something to prove |
| 44% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BERK | 4 | Bobby ___, TV personality who is an interior design expert in the 2018 TV series, "Queer Eye" |
| 44% | THOM | 4 | ___ Filicia, TV personality who was an interior design expert in the 2003 TV series, "Queer Eye" |
| 43% | SPY | 3 | Agent who might be working at an embassy |
| 42% | JIMBROWN | 8 | Record-setting 1950s-1960s running back who was an All-American in lacrosse at Syracuse University: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHARLATAN | 9 | Fraud who pretends to be an expert |
| 42% | SMART | 5 | "You're so ___!" compliment to give to someone who may be good at trivia |
| 41% | PRO | 3 | Expert at something, say |
| 41% | DUMB | 4 | Someone who is stupid |
| 41% | MASTEROFLAWS | 12 | Degree for a leprechaun who's an expert at finding imperfections? |