| 100% | RUB | 3 | Start with down and out |
| 58% | PITIED | 6 | Like the down and out |
| 58% | NEEDY | 5 | Down and out |
| 58% | ASLEEP | 6 | Down and out? |
| 56% | NOHOPER | 7 | Down and out (2 words) |
| 55% | SEEDIER | 7 | More down and out |
| 55% | SAD | 3 | Feeling down and out |
| 54% | AMERICA | 7 | Down and Out in __, expose on Reaganomics |
| 50% | REBOOT | 6 | Shut down and start computer |
| 47% | BALD | 4 | With ''-faced'' and 65 Down, whopper |
| 47% | KARAOKEBAR | 10 | Where to belt one down and belt one out |
| 45% | FLAGGED | 7 | Started to tire and slow down |
| 45% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a start and an end |
| 45% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a start and a finish |
| 44% | RACE | 4 | It starts and ends with a line |
| 44% | RASSLE | 6 | Fight (with) down and dirty |
| 44% | HARDYBOYSSERIES | 15 | Mysteries starting with "The Tower Treasure" and "The House on the Cliff" |
| 44% | ISMELLTHEBLOOD | 14 | With 50-Down, cry made in [the circled letters] after the starts of 54-, 33-, 30- and 14-Down |
| 44% | CAROUSEL | 8 | Carnival ride with horses going up and down |
| 44% | LIBRARIAN | 9 | Person who works with and lends out books |
| 44% | DOW | 3 | It has its ups and downs, with "the" |
| 44% | GUAVAS | 6 | Tropical fruits with pink flesh and green outer |
| 43% | LET | 3 | Word with up, out or down |
| 43% | REDRAW | 6 | Start over with pen and pad |
| 43% | CALLSIGNS | 9 | They all start with "K" and "W" in the U.S. |
| 43% | OSLO | 4 | Scandinavian city whose name starts and ends with "o" |
| 42% | LONGI | 5 | What 47 Down starts with |
| 42% | HEY | 3 | With 61-Down, Jimi Hendrix's first single ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 45- and 50-Across |
| 42% | DEW | 3 | Mountain ___ (soft drink with Code Red and White Out flavors) |
| 42% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a spool that has its ups and downs |