| 100% | CELL | 4 | What 22 Down is central to |
| 52% | LASTPENNY | 9 | What a broke person is down to |
| 51% | HOWTOFIX | 8 | With 22-Down, what the ends of the answers to the four starred clues are examples of |
| 50% | HER | 3 | With 22-Across, what Johnny was to Frankie |
| 49% | GETUP | 5 | What boxers try to do after being knocked down: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ACHOO | 5 | What "Gesundheit!" is a response to |
| 48% | THAN | 4 | What "from" is often amended to |
| 47% | THEE | 4 | What "you" used to be |
| 46% | VAR | 3 | What "whisky" is to "whiskey": Abbr. |
| 46% | ALIEN | 5 | Being central to Fermi's paradox |
| 46% | ANTE | 4 | What's required to be "in" |
| 46% | RODEO | 5 | What "Papa was," to Magnetic Fields |
| 46% | ANAGRAM | 7 | What "vile" or "live" is to "evil" |
| 46% | OPP | 3 | What "right" is to "left," for short |
| 46% | OPP | 3 | What "dark" is to "bright," for short |
| 46% | BREAKINGUP | 10 | What Sedaka said was "hard to do" |
| 46% | SHEEPDOG | 8 | What Babe wants to be in "Babe" |
| 46% | SHEEPDOG | 8 | What Babe aspires to be in "Babe" |
| 45% | SHAKER | 6 | What "salt" has been put in to make 1-Across and 6-Down? |
| 45% | NAH | 3 | Is to "no" what "yeah" is to "yes" |
| 45% | JOLLY | 5 | What "’tis the season to be," in "Deck the Halls" |
| 45% | NUN | 3 | What Deloris pretended to be in "Sister Act" |
| 45% | NUN | 3 | What Deloris pretended to be, in "Sister Act" |
| 45% | ARE | 3 | "You ___ what you choose to be" |
| 44% | SASS | 4 | What "Talk to the hand!" is an example of |
| 44% | PEN | 3 | What's said to be "mightier than the sword" |
| 44% | KEPT | 4 | What Becky Sharp strived to be in "Vanity Fair" |
| 44% | SCARY | 5 | What the monsters in "Monsters, Inc." want to be |
| 44% | ARKHAM | 6 | With 33-Across, institution for the criminally insane that is central to the plot of "Gotham" |
| 44% | PEG | 3 | "He needs to be taken down a ___!" |