| 100% | FOURTHWALL | 10 | Thing broken by Deadpool (after 13-Down, 22-Down and 51-Down) |
| 39% | STENNIS | 7 | Former U.S. senator John C. ___, whose name can be formed by combining 44 Down and 22 Across and reversing the whole thing |
| 39% | TREE | 4 | Thing "hugged" by 18- and 60-Across and 4- and 27-Down |
| 34% | ALLTHETRIMMINGS | 15 | What Thanksgiving turkey may come with ... as suggested by parts of 17-, 22-, 38- and 51-Across? |
| 33% | BARBEROFSEVILLE | 15 | Classic work by 16-, 31- and 51-Down, so to speak? |
| 32% | JULIO | 5 | "Me and ___ Down by the Schoolyard" |
| 32% | RESORB | 6 | Break down and assimilate |
| 32% | SOB | 3 | Break down and cry |
| 32% | OUT | 3 | Down and ___ (flat broke) |
| 31% | SEDUCE | 6 | Break down and then draw in |
| 31% | CASES | 5 | Things handled by stockers and doctors |
| 31% | JUNEIS | 6 | With 4 Down, 26 Across, and 18 Down, "Carousel" song famously slaughtered by Leslie Uggams |
| 31% | THEDHARMABUMS | 13 | Novel by 13 Down |
| 30% | LATS | 4 | Some things you improve by doing pull-ups and pull-downs |
| 30% | MENUS | 5 | Things collected by a waiter after ordering |
| 30% | SOBS | 4 | Boss breaks down and cries |
| 30% | FLY | 3 | "...Take these broken wings and learn to ___" ("Blackbird" by The Beatles) |
| 30% | WHAT | 4 | "Turn Down For ___" (song by DJ Snake and Lil Jon) |
| 30% | MYSTERIES | 9 | Things solved by Scooby-Doo and the gang |
| 30% | ABATES | 6 | Sailor breaks seat and calms down |
| 30% | LOVER | 5 | 2019 album by Taylor Swift featuring the hits "Me!" and "You Need to Calm Down" |
| 30% | FUN | 3 | "Making ___," Netflix reality series where Jimmy DiResta and his pals build things pitched by children |
| 29% | FEATHER | 7 | After he broke down |
| 29% | HEART | 5 | "Don't Go Breaking My ___," 1976 duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee |
| 29% | COCO | 4 | "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous." by ___ Chanel |
| 29% | ASILIVE | 7 | With 33-Down and 51-Across, "What a surprise!" |
| 29% | TEARME | 6 | "___ down," opening number for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," performed by Hedwig and Yitzhak: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EDICTS | 6 | Things handed down by kings |
| 29% | BYGEORGE | 8 | Exclamation that describes 13-, 20-, 30-, 39- and 51-Across |