| 100% | JOSEPHI | 7 | With 18-Across, "J'ai Deux Amours" singer |
| 46% | CONTENT | 7 | With 18 Across, many an internet celebrity |
| 46% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 44% | BHUT | 4 | With 18 Across, plant also known as the ghost pepper |
| 44% | EMMY | 4 | With 18 Across, one up for a prestigious television honor |
| 43% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 42% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | Singer with song titles at 16-, 18-, 23- and 35-/38-Across |
| 42% | JOE | 3 | With 18 Across, 46th male President of the United States of America |
| 40% | LONGS | 5 | With 18-Across, desires |
| 40% | SETS | 4 | With 18-Across, corrects |
| 39% | PATTI | 5 | With 14 Across, "Because the Night" singer |
| 39% | TORI | 4 | With 1 Across, "Bouncing Off Clouds" singer |
| 39% | ELLA | 4 | With 118 Across, "Boo'd Up" singer |
| 39% | HASTA | 5 | With 18-Across, Tijuana goodbye |
| 39% | SODA | 4 | With 18-Across, carbonated drink |
| 39% | BONING | 6 | With 18-Across, studying hard |
| 39% | BAD | 3 | With 18-Across, no-goodnik |
| 39% | MARDI | 5 | With 18-Across, Lent preceder |
| 39% | FINISH | 6 | With 18-Across, symbolic goal |
| 38% | THEMS | 5 | With 18-Across, phrase of resignation |
| 38% | GRIEVED | 7 | With 18-Across, Was sorrowful * Separate |
| 38% | ANT | 3 | With 18-Across, colonial-style houses? |
| 38% | IST | 3 | Suffix with 18-Across |
| 38% | ABBE | 4 | With 12 Across, singer and actress born Abigail Lassman |
| 38% | JESSIE | 6 | ___ J, singer with the 2014 hit "Bang Bang" |
| 38% | GERMAN | 6 | With 18-Across, 8-Across, for one |
| 38% | ISTHERE | 7 | With 18-Across, start of a query |
| 38% | ANG | 3 | With 18-Across, "Sense and Sensibility" director |
| 38% | ASA | 3 | With 18-Across, how some people work |
| 38% | CHARLTON | 8 | With 18-Across, "In the Arena" autobiographer |