| 100% | ACROSS | 6 | The two directions in crosswords : Down and ____ |
| 49% | SEVERN | 6 | The two longest rivers in the UK: Thames and __ |
| 47% | SSE | 3 | Compass direction in the middle of south and southeast |
| 47% | YOU | 3 | Two people in the conversation, ___ and me |
| 46% | BOB | 3 | Go up and down in the water |
| 45% | BOB | 3 | Go up and down, as in the water |
| 45% | SEESAW | 6 | Up and down we go in the park |
| 44% | WINDSHEAR | 9 | Changes in the speed and direction of the breeze |
| 44% | BOB | 3 | Move up and down, like a buoy in the ocean |
| 44% | UPS | 3 | Paradoxical answer to appear among the Downs in a crossword |
| 43% | MARTINA | 7 | First name of two Wimbledon winners in the 1980s and '90s |
| 43% | OTIS | 4 | Inventor in the transportation field who suffered many ups and downs |
| 42% | TECHBUBBLE | 10 | It burst in the early two-thousands and sent dot-com stocks tumbling |
| 41% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 40% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 40% | BAT | 3 | Something flipped after a walk-off home run ... and in the nine longest Down answers |
| 40% | ROLLINGSTONES | 13 | The ___, band behind "All Down the Line" which was formed in 1962 and is still active: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SPORADES | 8 | Name given to two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea; the Northern — and Southern — |
| 40% | TDS | 3 | Tom Brady and Matt Ryan each threw two of these in the 2017 Super Bowl: Abbr. |
| 40% | STACI | 5 | ___ Keanan, known for her roles in the TV series "My Two Dads" and "Step by Step" |
| 40% | DIERESIS | 8 | The two dots in "naïve" |
| 39% | TYRE | 4 | Rubber component that cars have, two in the front and two at the back (for a Brit) |
| 39% | SCIATIC | 7 | — nerve, that part of the nervous system beginning in the lower back and extending down the thigh |
| 39% | RUISLIP | 7 | Town in the London Borough of Hillingdon whose two current MPs are Boris Johnson and Nick Hurd |
| 39% | ARMIES | 6 | The two sides in chess, essentially |
| 39% | WEST | 4 | Direction in which the sun sets |
| 39% | EAST | 4 | Direction in which the sun rises |
| 39% | NOAH | 4 | He put two and two together in the Bible |
| 39% | STANLEYTUCCI | 12 | Two time Emmy winner for his films "Winchell" and "Monk", who plays the role of Merlin, in 30a : 2 wds. |
| 38% | SPENGLER | 8 | Oswald —, German philosopher whose two-volume work The Decline of the West was published in 1918 and 1923 |