| 100% | EAT | 3 | With 11-Down, preceders of "be merry" |
| 59% | CARPE | 5 | With 11-Down, motto of Horace |
| 58% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | With 11-Down, subjects of this puzzle |
| 58% | GET | 3 | With 11-Down, become a part of |
| 56% | IMNOBODY | 8 | With 11-Down, start of an Emily Dickinson verse |
| 53% | ALFA | 4 | With 11 Down, Italian sports carmaker |
| 53% | FISH | 4 | With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents |
| 52% | RAN | 3 | With 2-Down, was out of control |
| 51% | NEAR | 4 | With 6-Down, Turkey is part of it |
| 51% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 50% | TOW | 3 | With 2-Down, type of zone in which parking is restricted |
| 50% | CACAO | 5 | With 3-Down, its seeds are the source of chocolate |
| 49% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 49% | IMEAN | 5 | Preceder of what should have been said |
| 48% | HAVE | 4 | Be down with |
| 48% | HAS | 3 | Is down with |
| 48% | HAD | 3 | Was down with |
| 48% | CHRISBOSH | 9 | 11-time NBA all-star who was part of the Miami Heat's Big Three with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade |
| 48% | COMO | 4 | With 11-Across, "How are you?" in Spanish |
| 48% | BEER | 4 | 11 Down right to be bitter |
| 47% | EGOMANIA | 8 | Trait of being obsessed with yourself |
| 47% | AIL | 3 | Be down with something |
| 47% | AILED | 5 | Was down with something |
| 47% | AILS | 4 | Is down with something |
| 47% | CANDY | 5 | With 5-Down, 9+ billion kernels of it are produced annually (happy Halloween!) |
| 47% | MIA | 3 | With 24-Down, superstar who is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame |
| 47% | BERNE | 5 | Where 11 Down was a patent clerk |
| 47% | SRO | 3 | Sign of being unable to sit down? |
| 47% | MILTON | 6 | With 51 Down, source of answer |
| 47% | FRED | 4 | With 25 Down, source of quote |