| 100% | CON | 3 | With 15-Down, flimflamming guy |
| 65% | TUNA | 4 | With 15 Down, "fishy" diner orders |
| 65% | LEADTHE | 7 | With 15 Down, blaze a trail |
| 61% | FAST | 4 | With 65 Down, flimflam |
| 56% | BEYOND | 6 | With 15-Down, undoubtedly |
| 56% | ONE | 3 | With 15-Down, low |
| 55% | TENCENT | 7 | With 15-Down, some chains |
| 54% | BELOW | 5 | With 15-Down, like Death Valley |
| 54% | ITS | 3 | With 15-Down, brow-wiping comment |
| 54% | ATOR | 4 | With 15-Down, no higher than |
| 54% | SCONE | 5 | Snack with 15-Down |
| 53% | DRIP | 4 | With 15-Down, hangs on the line |
| 52% | ALAN | 4 | With 15-Down, "This Gun for Hire" star |
| 52% | ANWAR | 5 | With 15-Down, 1978 Nobel Peace Prize winner |
| 52% | SAINT | 5 | With 12-Down, fiery guy? |
| 51% | TIN | 3 | With 15-Down, Kevin Costner/Rene Russo golf movie |
| 50% | PAID | 4 | With 15-Down, spent way too much money for something |
| 48% | CONNECTTHEDOTS | 14 | With 15-Down, what to do to reveal this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | WEMADETOOMANY | 13 | With 15-Down, his take on why the Yankees lost the 1960 World Series |
| 46% | BUGS | 4 | 15 Down adversary |
| 46% | NOSE | 4 | 15 Down detector |
| 45% | LEMME | 5 | With 13-Down, "I'll get those guys!" |
| 45% | MAGI | 4 | 15 Down title characters |
| 44% | CRADLETO | 8 | With 15-Across, lifetime |
| 44% | EATEN | 5 | With 15 Across, depleted |
| 44% | WORD | 4 | With 15-Across, gobbledygook |
| 44% | YEA | 3 | 15 Down, in Congressional votes |
| 43% | CLAM | 4 | With 15-Across, linguini topping |
| 43% | GOTTA | 5 | With 15-Across, need, slangily |
| 43% | INNER | 5 | With 15-Across, cochlea site |