| 100% | WAITA | 5 | With 112-Across, “Hold on!” |
| 68% | CLING | 5 | Hold on tightly, with "to" |
| 62% | POLKA | 5 | With 11 Across, design on some dresses |
| 62% | THEWEARING | 10 | With 112 Across, Irish street ballad that serves as an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 62% | MEETONEWAY | 10 | With 112-Across, compromise |
| 61% | MAYTHE{FOUR}TH | 14 | With 16 Across, salutation on Star Wars Day |
| 61% | YELLOW | 6 | With 25 Across, caution, on a soccer pitch |
| 61% | POLITICSIS | 10 | With 44 Across, Will Rogers on parties |
| 61% | NEVERMISSAGOOD | 14 | With 56 Across, Will Rogers on discretion |
| 61% | ITS | 3 | With 112-Across, enthusiastic review |
| 60% | HALFPOUND | 9 | With 51 Across, ''big'' beef on a bun |
| 60% | ONEONE | 6 | With 112-Across, low hockey score |
| 60% | VANCE | 5 | With 112-Across, Okla. military area |
| 60% | THEONCEAND | 10 | With 112-Across, biography of Elvis? |
| 59% | ELAINE | 6 | With 1 Across, Baldwin's mom on ''30 Rock'' |
| 59% | CARVEOUT | 8 | With 46 Across, make room on one's schedule |
| 59% | CSI | 3 | With 112-Across, David Caruso TV series |
| 58% | THESHOEISONTHE | 14 | With 35 Across, "I've turned the tables on you" |
| 57% | WELCOME | 7 | With 112-Across, "Your misfortune is nothing special" |
| 57% | ASYOU | 5 | With 68-Across, "Carry on" |
| 57% | WAITA | 5 | With 41-Across, "Hang on ..." |
| 57% | ACHAIRWENTUP | 12 | With 71 Across, what happened on an infamous episode of Geraldo? |
| 55% | JOBJAR | 6 | Container holding slips of paper with tasks written on them |
| 53% | SILVER | 6 | With 38-Across, dirt on cutlery? |
| 53% | ITS | 3 | With 31-Across, “Come on in!” |
| 53% | LETSSEEWHATS | 12 | With 90 Across, the most famous line heard on Let's Make a Deer? |
| 53% | PUTA | 4 | ___ hold on |
| 52% | ALLSOULS | 8 | & 12D Catholic festival held on 2 November with prayers for the souls of the dead in purgatory |
| 52% | PLANE | 5 | With 7-Across, trip on a jet |