| 100% | KNOCKDRAGOUT | 12 | With 1 Down, like a free-for-all fight |
| 52% | ONA | 3 | With 1-Down, ready for a stable shot |
| 50% | EARLY | 5 | With 1-Down, good thing to have for a tornado |
| 49% | FIRST | 5 | With 1-Down, tradition for the married couple at a wedding reception |
| 46% | LOSELOSE | 8 | Like a bad outcome for all |
| 46% | DYING | 5 | Like a phone down to 1% |
| 46% | UNSHORN | 7 | Like a sheep with all its wool |
| 45% | DRUNKEN | 7 | Like a bar free-for-all |
| 44% | CUTDOWNTOSIGHS | 14 | Like a love scene with all the dialogue removed? |
| 44% | FOOD | 4 | With 1-Across, dreaded cry for a cafeteria worker |
| 44% | ILL | 3 | Like someone down with a fever |
| 44% | SAME | 4 | With 1-Down, like some marriages |
| 42% | LAGS | 4 | Slows down, like a game with poor connectivity |
| 42% | GOFOR | 5 | With 1-Down, risk it all |
| 42% | VALUEADDED | 10 | Like a basic T-shirt with a brand name on it, for example |
| 42% | BUCATINI | 8 | Like spaghetti, but with a hole down the center |
| 42% | FINAL | 5 | With 1-Down, ultimatum in a negotiation |
| 42% | DOES | 4 | With 1-Down, commits a crime, say |
| 41% | LIRPA | 5 | With 1-Across, a normal answer for a totally normal day of the year |
| 41% | SMALL | 5 | With 1-Down, like whiskey that isn't mass-produced |
| 41% | APT | 3 | Like the name "Pat Down" for a border security agent |
| 41% | OPENBAR | 7 | Free drinks for all at a wedding reception |
| 41% | FANTASY | 7 | With 1-Down, annual activity with a draft |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | With 1-Down, company named for two magazines |
| 41% | DEMI | 4 | With 1-Down, moderately sweet, to a vintner |
| 41% | CLEAN | 5 | With 1-Down, symbol of a fresh start |
| 41% | LONE | 4 | Like a star for 46-Down |
| 40% | OGLALA | 6 | With 1-Down, Nation with a nine-tipi flag |
| 40% | POSSE | 5 | Slang for a group of people with like traits |
| 40% | AREA | 4 | Pi, for a circle with a radius of 1 |