| 100% | ROB | 3 | With 12-Across, Brat Pack actor |
| 60% | LOWE | 4 | Brat Pack actor Rob |
| 58% | WILD | 4 | With 12 Across, American frontier |
| 57% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 57% | STOP | 4 | With 12 Across, octagonal traffic marker |
| 57% | BOOT | 4 | With 12 Across, place for basic training |
| 56% | HOT | 3 | With 12 Across, another name for 22 Across |
| 55% | ABBE | 4 | With 12 Across, singer and actress born Abigail Lassman |
| 54% | TIMEHEALS | 9 | With 12 Across, maxim stressing the natural resolution of problems |
| 52% | DARK | 4 | With 12 Across, period that followed the fall of the Roman Empire |
| 51% | STELMOSFIRE | 11 | Brat Pack members attempt adulting with mixed results (1985) |
| 49% | AVANT | 5 | With 12-Across, innovative |
| 47% | ZIP | 3 | With 12-Across, what 90210 is |
| 46% | PEA | 3 | With 12-Across, sailor's heavy jacket |
| 46% | JAI | 3 | With 12-Across, game similar to handball |
| 46% | TIFFANY | 7 | With 12-Across, Girls Trip breakout star |
| 46% | TRES | 4 | With 12-Across, French for "Very good!" |
| 46% | EPIC | 4 | With 12-Across, work such as "The Mahabharata" |
| 45% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | Actor with a record 12 Oscar nominations for acting (2 wds.) |
| 45% | OWEN | 4 | Actor Wilson who has appeared with Ben Stiller in 12 films |
| 44% | LEGO | 4 | Toy brand that rhymes with 12-Across |
| 44% | LAKE | 4 | With 12-Across, one of five "Great" bodies of water |
| 44% | BENIN | 5 | With 12-Across, precious-metal sculptures recently returned to Nigeria |
| 44% | SATUR | 5 | With 12-Across, Ancient Roman festival that upended social norms |
| 43% | AARON | 5 | With 57-Across, "Breaking Bad" actor |
| 43% | JOSH | 4 | With 41-Across, "Frozen" voice actor |
| 43% | TIM | 3 | With 13-Across, "Pulp Fiction" actor |
| 43% | TINA | 4 | With 12-Across, comedian who played Liz Lemon on "30 Rock" |
| 43% | ISSA | 4 | With 12-Across, winner of an NAACP Image Award for "Insecure" |
| 43% | SOFT | 4 | With 12-Across, announce obliquely, as a new partner via Instagram |