| 100% | FREELUNCH | 9 | Something for nothing (and SEE TITLE) |
| 55% | FREERIDE | 8 | Something for nothing |
| 55% | FREEBIE | 7 | Something for nothing |
| 54% | FREERIDE | 8 | Something for nothing (2 wds.) |
| 51% | FREERIDE | 8 | Something for nothing, as what a hitchhiker seeks |
| 47% | BRITICISM | 9 | “Suck it and see,” for one |
| 47% | NOEVIL | 6 | Something for a monkey to see, hear or speak |
| 45% | MISS | 4 | Title for characters Scarlet and Marple |
| 45% | PUNS | 4 | “To the person who invented zero: thanks for nothing,” and others |
| 45% | MUMMIFIED | 9 | Something dried and preserved for all eternity |
| 45% | SIR | 3 | Title for 48-Across and 3-Down |
| 45% | SIR | 3 | Title for Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney |
| 45% | SIR | 3 | Title for Ben Kingsley and Kingsley Amis |
| 45% | DAME | 4 | Title for Joan Collins and Diana Rigg |
| 45% | BRER | 4 | Title for a fictional fox and bear |
| 45% | SIR | 3 | Title for Rod Stewart and Mick Jagger |
| 45% | SIR | 3 | Title for Elton John and Paul McCartney |
| 45% | DAME | 4 | Title for Sonia Boyce and Zaha Hadid |
| 45% | DAME | 4 | Title for Julie Andrews and Maggie Smith |
| 45% | SIR | 3 | Title for Ian McKellen and Ian Holm |
| 45% | TNT | 3 | Something seen in a demo, for short |
| 44% | VIE | 3 | Desire and compete for something |
| 44% | CADGE | 5 | Beg and plead for something |
| 44% | IOLANTHE | 8 | Title for Gilbert and Sullivan |
| 44% | DUKE | 4 | Title for William and Harry |
| 44% | KHAN | 4 | Title for Genghis and Kublai |
| 44% | SIRS | 4 | Titles for Galahad and Gawain |
| 44% | SEN | 3 | Title for Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris (Abbr.) |
| 44% | THESAINT | 8 | Title role for Roger Moore and Val Kilmer |
| 44% | SIR | 3 | Title for actors Ben Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins |