| 100% | PASS | 4 | Turn down, with "on" |
| 84% | SAYNO | 5 | Turn down with "to" |
| 79% | WASH | 4 | With 2-Down, turn up on the beach |
| 79% | NIX | 3 | Turn thumbs down on |
| 77% | NIX | 3 | Turn down (rhymes with "mix") |
| 76% | HATES | 5 | Puts down, with on |
| 75% | DIMS | 4 | Turns down, as the lights on Broadway |
| 74% | CURBAPEAL | 9 | Turn down the volume on the alarm bell? |
| 71% | BRIM | 4 | It may be turned down on the street |
| 70% | OPT | 3 | Turn it down, with "out" |
| 70% | CLAMP | 5 | __ down on (get strict with) |
| 69% | SLUE | 4 | Turn on an axis (rhymes with "glue") |
| 69% | DESPISES | 8 | Looks down on with disdain |
| 67% | AXEL | 4 | Jump with a turn on ice |
| 67% | ALLTHINGS | 9 | With 28 Down, on the whole |
| 66% | APPLE | 5 | With 33 Down, fanciful cans on some MacBook decals |
| 66% | SELF | 4 | With 44 Down, very capable on one's own |
| 66% | ZIP | 3 | With 59 Down, number on an envelope |
| 65% | MEMO | 4 | With 26 Down, box on an office desk |
| 65% | AKIMBO | 6 | Standing with hands on hips, elbows turned out |
| 63% | TRICORN | 7 | Hat with the brim turned up on three sides |
| 62% | WINESNOBS | 9 | People with glasses who look down on others with glasses? |
| 62% | SAYS | 4 | With 12-Down, turns down |
| 61% | BOP | 3 | Go, with 'on down' |
| 61% | MIDNIGHT | 8 | With 12 Down, spooky Netflix series about a church on a remote island |
| 61% | PHARRELL | 8 | With 52-Across, "Happy" Grammy winner who turns 50 on April 5, 2023 |
| 61% | RULE | 4 | "No running with scissors" or "no turn on red," for instance |
| 61% | EVERYMOTHERSSON | 15 | Group with the 1967 hit "Come On Down to My Boat" |
| 61% | RAFTING | 7 | Voyaging down a river on a flat float with no hull |
| 61% | YOYOING | 7 | Playing with a toy that goes up and down on string |