| 100% | UNDEFEATED | 10 | Status 40-Across retained after the May 2 fight |
| 44% | POSTWAR | 7 | After the fighting: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KEVINWARE | 9 | 40-Across player who used crutches when he cut down the basketball net after his team won the NCAA tournament: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NOT | 3 | Negating word that, if parsed with a space after the second letter, may help to understand nine Across answers |
| 32% | SNAPDECISION | 12 | Thing made in haste, or perhaps after the first words of 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 32% | SOUTHERNMAN | 11 | Anti-racism song on 40-Across's album "After the Gold Rush" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 31% | RENTS | 5 | 2-Down, across the 15-Down |
| 31% | ORVILLEPECK | 11 | Country singer who played the Emcee in "Cabaret" after 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELNINO | 6 | Climate pattern named after the baby Jesus: 2 wds. |
| 31% | IDO | 3 | Positive response after the vows are read: 2 wds. |
| 31% | IWIN | 4 | Victor's words after the final move: 2 wds. |
| 31% | QUO | 3 | It may go after status |
| 31% | NOTREDAME | 9 | The Fighting Irish's school: 2 wds. |
| 30% | REBEL | 5 | One fighting the status quo |
| 30% | REFS | 4 | They may stop the fighting |
| 30% | PACQUIAO | 8 | Boxer Manny who lost to 40-Across on May 2 |
| 30% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Round after the Elite Eight in 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SAWBLADE | 8 | It may go across the board |
| 30% | ADAMLAMBERT | 11 | Former "American Idol" contestant who played the Emcee in "Cabaret" after 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BOOMER | 6 | Short for people born after the World War 2, till 1964 |
| 29% | LIP | 3 | It may be fat after a fight |
| 29% | AMENDS | 6 | They might be made after a fight |
| 29% | EMERY | 5 | It may be applied across the board |
| 29% | GASP | 4 | One might fight to the last one |
| 29% | NOTREDAME | 9 | Home to the Fighting Irish: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TOOLATE | 7 | After the deadline (2 wds.) |
| 29% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | Heavyweight champion who lost that title to 40-Across in 1974's famous "Rumble in the Jungle": 2 wds. |
| 29% | EXES | 4 | They might fight over custody of the kids |
| 29% | ASKEDIN | 7 | Invited across the threshold: 2 wds. |