| 100% | MIATA | 5 | The MX-5, to motorists |
| 55% | LIMO | 4 | Transportation to the 5-Down |
| 52% | EASTON | 6 | Sheena with the 1980 hit "9 to 5" |
| 52% | PARTON | 6 | Dolly with the 1980 hit "9 to 5" |
| 51% | SPUD | 4 | 5'7" Webb, shortest to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest |
| 51% | MAZDA | 5 | Auto company that makes the MX-5 |
| 50% | URBANAREA | 9 | Home to about 4 in 5 Americans, per the census |
| 50% | MIATA | 5 | MX-5, in the auto world |
| 49% | JACKSON | 7 | The ___ 5, '70s pop group who were a predecessor to modern boy bands |
| 49% | MAZDA | 5 | Japanese car company that makes the MX-5 Miata |
| 49% | SPIKE | 5 | With 5-Down, director who plans to boycott the 2016 Oscars |
| 49% | RAITT | 5 | She sang the 1991 top 5 hit "Something to Talk About" |
| 48% | SHEENAEASTON | 12 | Singer of the 1980s hit "Morning Train (9 to 5)": 2 wds. |
| 47% | UTAH | 4 | State home to the Mighty 5 |
| 47% | FRUIT | 5 | They're "chopped up" to make the anagrams at 2- and 5-Down |
| 46% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Singer of the title song for the 1980 film "9 to 5" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FINALFRONTIER | 13 | With "The," what "space" is, in the intro to 5-/58-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MIATA | 5 | The Mazda MX-5, in North America |
| 45% | ENE | 3 | 67.5 deg., to the helmsman |
| 45% | ESE | 3 | 112.5 deg. to the helmsman |
| 45% | BRAZIL | 6 | Country home to Pele, that has won the FIFA World Cup a record 5 times |
| 44% | RATIO | 5 | 5 to 1, say |
| 44% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, to many a 5-Down character |
| 44% | ABC | 3 | According to The Jackson 5, this is as easy as 123 |
| 44% | ALTMAN | 6 | Robert who directed the queer classic “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” |
| 44% | CHARCUTERIEBOARD | 16 | Artistically arranged appetizer, or where to find the beginnings of 3-, 5-, 8-, and 10-Down |
| 43% | DETOURA | 7 | Warning to motorists |
| 43% | SLO | 3 | Warning to motorists |
| 43% | BABYLON | 7 | "___ 5," one of the first television series to use CGI as the primary method for its visual effects |
| 43% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "9 to 5": 2 wds. |