| 100% | PANIC | 5 | With 18-Across, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" emo band |
| 56% | PANIC | 5 | ___! at the Disco, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" band |
| 51% | EMO | 3 | Genre of the song "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" |
| 44% | ATTHE | 5 | Panic! __ Disco, they wrote sins, not tragedies |
| 37% | EASYCOM | 7 | With 18-Across, Spendthrift's motto (which cracks ME up!) |
| 36% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Mama Told Me Not to Come": 3 wds. |
| 35% | CONTENT | 7 | With 18 Across, many an internet celebrity |
| 35% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 34% | THE | 3 | With 7-Across, "Hello, I Love You" band |
| 33% | BHUT | 4 | With 18 Across, plant also known as the ghost pepper |
| 33% | EMMY | 4 | With 18 Across, one up for a prestigious television honor |
| 33% | THE | 3 | With 8-Across, "Should I Stay or Should I Go" band |
| 33% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 33% | AAH | 3 | With 18-Across, "I see what you're talking about now" |
| 32% | ARTIE | 5 | With 18-Down, '30s-'40s band leader |
| 32% | WOODY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Blue Jasmine" director who wrote and directed 18-Across |
| 32% | DEFDOGNIGHT | 11 | Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" |
| 32% | DUTCH | 5 | With 1-Across, it's not an "It's on me" occasion |
| 32% | JOE | 3 | With 18 Across, 46th male President of the United States of America |
| 32% | ILSA | 4 | Character who wrote, "Richard, I cannot go with you or ever see you again. You must not ask why." |
| 31% | VALLEYGIRL | 10 | 1982 18-Across single with the lyric "Gag me with a spoon!": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ESTA | 4 | Form of 18 Across, not far from France |
| 31% | HIDE | 4 | With 6- and 8-Across, game that begins with "Ready or not, here I come!" |
| 30% | LONGS | 5 | With 18-Across, desires |
| 30% | SETS | 4 | With 18-Across, corrects |
| 30% | CONTACT | 7 | With 18 Across, method of tracking a contagion by using known human interactions, which doesn't work if there is too much community spread caused by big maskless rallies, I'm just saying |
| 30% | SCOTT | 5 | With 30-Across, NPR host who wrote 18-Across, 43-Across, and 2020's "Sunnyside Plaza" |
| 30% | HASTA | 5 | With 18-Across, Tijuana goodbye |
| 30% | SODA | 4 | With 18-Across, carbonated drink |
| 30% | BONING | 6 | With 18-Across, studying hard |