| 100% | CUL | 3 | With 10-Across, stalemate |
| 73% | FRANCHISE | 9 | Nickname of 10 Across, with "The" |
| 72% | DRY | 3 | With 10 Across, what cannot be seen in the house after a tearjerker |
| 68% | EASYTHERE | 9 | With 10-Across, "Down, boy!" |
| 68% | ONE | 3 | With 10-Across, common combination |
| 67% | TEDDY | 5 | With 10-Across, 1957 Elvis song |
| 67% | TBAR | 4 | With 10-Across, skier's aid |
| 67% | TIGER | 5 | With 10-Across, ocelot and margay |
| 67% | PEN | 3 | With 10-Across, a foreign correspondent |
| 67% | DOWN | 4 | With 10-Across, completely and utterly |
| 66% | ICE | 3 | With 10-Across, treatment for a swelling |
| 66% | STAGE | 5 | With 10-Across, vaudeville revues, e.g. |
| 66% | EN | 2 | With 10-Across, hair problem, represented literally |
| 65% | LOTSOF | 6 | With 10-Across, a phrase of good wishes |
| 65% | HIGH | 4 | With 10-Across, alternative to a fist bump |
| 64% | UNRELATED | 9 | Anagram of 10 Across that appropriately has nothing to do with Toby Fox |
| 64% | DIET | 4 | With 25 Across, canonical brand for a 10 Down/11 Across |
| 63% | MINI | 4 | With 10-Across, place to get milk and bread |
| 63% | INMY | 4 | With 10-Across, 1963 hit for the Beach Boys |
| 63% | MAMA | 4 | With 10-Across, popular 1960's-70's singer |
| 63% | BIDEN | 5 | With 10-Across, period that started in January 2021 |
| 62% | PRIDE | 5 | With 10-Across, period designated for celebrating the LGBTQ community |
| 62% | BABYI | 5 | With 10-Down, 1967 hit for 42-Across |
| 62% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | With 10-Down, 36-Across-designed museum (1995) |
| 61% | LILITH | 6 | With 23 Across, '90s concert series featuring all female artists, including 10 Across |
| 61% | TIM | 3 | With 10-Across, player that the Broncos replaced with Peyton Manning |
| 61% | FOOD | 4 | With 10-Across and 16-Down, a light and fluffy dessert |
| 60% | BOY | 3 | With 10 Across, Carly Rae Jepsen song with the line, "If you're gonna stay then stay, he's not gonna change anyway" |
| 60% | PAPA | 4 | With 10-Across, sobriquet for Bill O'Reilly used by 39-Across |
| 59% | GREEN | 5 | With 10-Across, policy proposal of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey |