| 100% | TEASE | 5 | With 1-Down, carefully separate, as entwined things |
| 48% | THINK | 5 | With 1-Down, consider carefully before deciding |
| 44% | ART | 3 | With 1 Down, retro style |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | With 1 Down, ''Open sesame'' sayer |
| 43% | HULA | 4 | With 1-Down, hip things in a 1950s fad? |
| 43% | PET | 3 | With 1-Down, small thing that really bothers you |
| 42% | EARLY | 5 | With 1-Down, good thing to have for a tornado |
| 42% | UPSIDECAKE | 10 | With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple |
| 42% | SHIRLEY | 7 | With 1 Down, first Black woman in congress |
| 42% | KNOCKDRAGOUT | 12 | With 1 Down, like a free-for-all fight |
| 40% | TRASH | 5 | With 1-Across, catcher of pitched things? |
| 37% | JUMPING | 7 | With 1-Down, "Gadzooks!" |
| 37% | AFTER | 5 | With 1-Down, net |
| 37% | ADELE | 5 | With 1-Down, famed dancer |
| 37% | MANX | 4 | With 1-Down, tailless pets |
| 37% | DAILY | 5 | With 1-Down, "Jeopardy!" feature |
| 37% | SAM | 3 | With 1-Down, famed sleuth |
| 37% | CLASS | 5 | With 1-Down, school troublemaker |
| 37% | DOT | 3 | With 1-Down, address ender |
| 37% | JAMBA | 5 | With 1-Down, smoothie chain |
| 37% | TRASH | 5 | With 1-Down, court tactic |
| 37% | OLIVIA | 6 | With 1-Down, Sour singer |
| 37% | USE | 3 | With 1-Down, exercise caution |
| 37% | OPERA | 5 | With 1-Down, aria area |
| 37% | EVERY | 5 | With 1-Down, without exception |
| 37% | BIG | 3 | With 1-Down, mucho moola |
| 37% | MUMBO | 5 | With 1-Down, utter nonsense |
| 36% | OWE | 3 | With 5 Down, be behind, as a tenant |
| 36% | SMITE | 5 | Strike down, as with a sword |
| 36% | GOT | 3 | Came down with, as a cold |