| 100% | PEA | 3 | With 12-Across, sailor's heavy jacket |
| 62% | PEACOAT | 7 | Sailor's heavy jacket |
| 54% | WILD | 4 | With 12 Across, American frontier |
| 53% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 53% | STOP | 4 | With 12 Across, octagonal traffic marker |
| 52% | BOOT | 4 | With 12 Across, place for basic training |
| 52% | HOT | 3 | With 12 Across, another name for 22 Across |
| 51% | ABBE | 4 | With 12 Across, singer and actress born Abigail Lassman |
| 51% | PEACOAT | 7 | Heavy jacket for a sailor |
| 50% | TIMEHEALS | 9 | With 12 Across, maxim stressing the natural resolution of problems |
| 49% | AHOY | 4 | With 100-Across, sailor’s greeting |
| 48% | DARK | 4 | With 12 Across, period that followed the fall of the Roman Empire |
| 45% | AVANT | 5 | With 12-Across, innovative |
| 44% | ZIP | 3 | With 12-Across, what 90210 is |
| 44% | ROB | 3 | With 12-Across, Brat Pack actor |
| 43% | BLACK | 5 | With 27-Across, one who's into heavy metal? |
| 43% | IFORGOTTOWRITE | 14 | With 34-Across, a child's 12/24 lament |
| 43% | JAI | 3 | With 12-Across, game similar to handball |
| 43% | TIFFANY | 7 | With 12-Across, Girls Trip breakout star |
| 43% | TRES | 4 | With 12-Across, French for "Very good!" |
| 43% | REEFER | 6 | Sailor's jacket |
| 42% | OILSKIN | 7 | Heavy cotton cloth waterproofed with oil typically worn by sailors |
| 42% | EPIC | 4 | With 12-Across, work such as "The Mahabharata" |
| 41% | LEGO | 4 | Toy brand that rhymes with 12-Across |
| 41% | PEACOAT | 7 | Sailor's jacket of old |
| 41% | HAIRS | 5 | With 12-Down, rifle shooter's aid |
| 40% | LAKE | 4 | With 12-Across, one of five "Great" bodies of water |
| 40% | BENIN | 5 | With 12-Across, precious-metal sculptures recently returned to Nigeria |
| 40% | SATUR | 5 | With 12-Across, Ancient Roman festival that upended social norms |
| 40% | TINA | 4 | With 12-Across, comedian who played Liz Lemon on "30 Rock" |