| 100% | FIT | 3 | Suitable and ideal |
| 60% | APT | 3 | Suitable and fitting |
| 60% | APT | 3 | Suitable and relevant |
| 58% | APT | 3 | Suitable and to the point |
| 58% | APT | 3 | Suitable and on point, say |
| 55% | BEST | 4 | Ideal, most suitable |
| 52% | ROYAL | 5 | Suitable for kings and queens |
| 51% | APT | 3 | Befitting and suitable |
| 51% | APT | 3 | Relevant and suitable |
| 50% | NONOISE | 7 | Ideal for engines and audio equipment |
| 50% | APT | 3 | Relevant and suitable, say |
| 48% | UTOPIA | 6 | Ideal and perfect state authored by Thomas More |
| 46% | AMERICAN | 8 | __ Dream, US ideal of liberty and prosperity |
| 46% | SEAWORTHY | 9 | Safe and suitable for an ocean voyage |
| 45% | NAIR | 4 | "A Suitable Boy" and "Monsoon Wedding" director Mira ___ |
| 45% | UNISEX | 6 | Clothing equally suitable for both girls and boys |
| 45% | ANORAK | 6 | Outerwear suitable for cold, frosty, and snowy conditions |
| 43% | NAIR | 4 | "A Suitable Boy" and "Queen of Katwe" director Mira ___ |
| 42% | IDEALISM | 8 | Act of envisioning things in an ideal and impractical form |
| 41% | VEGAS | 5 | Johnny —, comedian born Michael Pennington whose credits include television sitcoms Dead Man Weds and Ideal |
| 41% | UNI | 3 | Prefix with "sex" to mean suitable for both male and female |
| 39% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Author of stage plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan |
| 38% | OSCAR | 5 | & 3D Author of stage plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan |
| 37% | VEGAS | 5 | Johnny —, comedian and actor born Michael Pennington whose credits include BBC TV sitcom Ideal |
| 35% | DAVID | 5 | & 5D Playwright whose works for children include The Gingerbread Man and The Ideal Gnome Expedition |
| 34% | EGO | 3 | __ ideal |
| 34% | MILANOCOOKIE | 12 | Pepperidge Farm treat (and its ideal companion) |
| 34% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 33% | HOURGLASSFIGURE | 15 | Onetime feminine ideal |