| 100% | OPENING | 7 | With 14-Across, what latecomers may miss |
| 58% | THE | 3 | With 14-Down, what "Fin" might mean |
| 55% | SPEAKTHEANSWERS | 15 | What to do with 14 Across |
| 49% | HUNT | 4 | With 14 Across, "Twister" star |
| 48% | HOLY | 4 | With 7-Across, what a father might sprinkle |
| 48% | FRUIT | 5 | With 14 Across, sweet summer beverage |
| 48% | STOCKING | 8 | With 14 Across, some Christmas gifts |
| 48% | TOOT | 4 | With 18-Across, what a boastful guy might do |
| 47% | ROM | 3 | With 14 Across, films like ''Pretty Woman'' |
| 47% | PATTI | 5 | With 14 Across, "Because the Night" singer |
| 47% | FAKE | 4 | With 66-Across, what might prompt an exclamation of disbelief |
| 47% | FLAT | 4 | What a 17-Across might get assistance with |
| 47% | HOLE | 4 | With 14 Across, office tool for paper shaping |
| 46% | IFITOLDYOUTHEN | 14 | With 60-Across, what a keeper of confidential information might say |
| 46% | BUGGY | 5 | With 14 Across, Volkswagen Beetle in a car game |
| 45% | GREAT | 5 | With 87-Across, what might cost you an arm and a leg? |
| 45% | GROUP | 5 | With 8-Across, what might have your family hanging by a thread? |
| 45% | WRONG | 5 | With 7-Across, what might cause the GPS to say "calculating route" |
| 45% | RECALCULATE | 11 | What 14-Across will do if you miss a turn |
| 45% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 45% | INA | 3 | With 14-Across, Shakespearean words after "What's" |
| 45% | FORESTS | 7 | What you may miss for trees |
| 44% | ABIGAIL | 7 | With 16-Across, "Little Miss Sunshine" actress born April 14, 1996 |
| 43% | ROB | 3 | With 27-Across, what you might do "to pay Paul" |
| 42% | UNOFFICIALSTART | 15 | With 55 Across, what 19 Across signifies |
| 42% | AVAILABLECREDIT | 15 | What you may charge with |
| 42% | GLEE | 4 | What you may squeal with |
| 42% | DEBT | 4 | What may grow with interest |
| 42% | YEARS | 5 | What dates may end with |
| 42% | RYE | 3 | What might surround 22 Across |