| 100% | GRIEVED | 7 | With 18-Across, Was sorrowful * Separate |
| 58% | JUST | 4 | With 18-Across, "To be on the safe side ..." |
| 54% | THE | 3 | With 18-Across, TV program to be hosted by James Corden in 2015 |
| 54% | CONTENT | 7 | With 18 Across, many an internet celebrity |
| 54% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 52% | PARIS | 5 | With 18-Across, sporting festival whose first day of events is on July 24, 2024, informally |
| 51% | BHUT | 4 | With 18 Across, plant also known as the ghost pepper |
| 51% | EMMY | 4 | With 18 Across, one up for a prestigious television honor |
| 50% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 50% | THETIDE | 7 | With 18-Across, Blondie #1 hit with the lyric "I'm gonna be your number one": 2 wds. |
| 50% | JOE | 3 | With 18 Across, 46th male President of the United States of America |
| 48% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 41 Across, be a snowbird, say |
| 48% | DOESNTKNOW | 10 | With 73 Across, is in ignorance regarding |
| 48% | POLITICSIS | 10 | With 44 Across, Will Rogers on parties |
| 48% | NEVERMISSAGOOD | 14 | With 56 Across, Will Rogers on discretion |
| 48% | SOLOMON | 7 | With 18-Across, free New York black man abducted into slavery whose true story is told in "12 Years a Slave" |
| 47% | 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 |
| 47% | LONGS | 5 | With 18-Across, desires |
| 47% | SETS | 4 | With 18-Across, corrects |
| 46% | EARS | 4 | With 37 Across, corn is cooking quickly |
| 46% | HASTA | 5 | With 18-Across, Tijuana goodbye |
| 46% | SODA | 4 | With 18-Across, carbonated drink |
| 46% | BONING | 6 | With 18-Across, studying hard |
| 46% | BAD | 3 | With 18-Across, no-goodnik |
| 46% | MARDI | 5 | With 18-Across, Lent preceder |
| 46% | FINISH | 6 | With 18-Across, symbolic goal |
| 45% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 45% | MARIO | 5 | With 33-Across, "Access Hollywood" host whose marriage to Ali Landry was annulled after just 18 days |
| 45% | NEST | 4 | With lammergeiers, this could be eight feet across |
| 45% | THEMS | 5 | With 18-Across, phrase of resignation |