| 100% | BORIS | 5 | With 16 Across, political resignee of July 2022 |
| 50% | LOVEAND | 7 | With 16-Across, subtitle of 2022's "Thor" movie: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DONTWORRY | 9 | With 16 Across, 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde |
| 42% | AMINO | 5 | With 16-Across, component of most proteins |
| 41% | ELM | 3 | With 16-Across, target of some bark beetles |
| 41% | VOLODYMYR | 9 | With 27 Across, Time's Person of the Year of 2022 |
| 41% | TERRENCE | 8 | With 16-Across, portrayer of Lucious Lyon on "Empire" |
| 41% | HIDDEN | 6 | With 16-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 40% | LISA | 4 | With 16-Across, "Lady Tan's Circle of Women" novelist |
| 40% | ART | 3 | With 16-Across, style of L.A.'s Griffith Observatory |
| 39% | STEVE | 5 | With 16-Across, championship-winning head coach of the Golden State Warriors |
| 39% | VINCENT | 7 | With 16-Across, Post-Impressionist painter of "Sunflowers" and "The Starry Night" |
| 38% | TOGO | 4 | With 16 Across, drive-thru transaction |
| 38% | FESTIVAL | 8 | With 16 Across, another name for Hanukkah |
| 38% | JULIE | 5 | With 16 Across, Downtown ___ (former MTV personality) |
| 38% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 27 Across, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2022, defined as self-indulgent behavior |
| 38% | ABE | 3 | Assassination victim of July 2022 |
| 37% | MAYTHE{FOUR}TH | 14 | With 16 Across, salutation on Star Wars Day |
| 37% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 37% | ROCKIN | 6 | With 16 Across, "___ the Christmas Tree" (Brenda Lee) |
| 36% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 36% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 13-Across, Oxford's 2022 Word of the Year |
| 35% | MEPORTO | 7 | With 16-Across, 2022 Bad Bunny hit (featuring Chencho Corleone) whose title translates to "I Behave Well": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | With 16-Down, size of many an amuse-bouche |
| 34% | MEAT | 4 | With 15 Across, "Bat Out of Hell" singer born Michael Lee Aday (1947-2022) |
| 34% | AFACETODIEFOR | 13 | 2022 28-Across novel featuring an archaeologist obsessed with Helen of Troy (5 wds.) |
| 33% | TOMORROW | 8 | 2022 hit by 16-Across with a popular remix featuring Cardi B |
| 33% | OCASIO | 6 | With 13-Across, the "O" and "C" of the political world's A.O.C. |
| 33% | SILENT | 6 | With 63 Across, source of quote |
| 33% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |