| 100% | PAULA | 5 | With 19-Across, coauthor of 57-Across |
| 67% | PEPPER | 6 | With 19 Across, sometime love interest of Tony Stark |
| 63% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 62% | BUTDOCTOR | 9 | With 14 and 19 Across, punchline of a joke about a clown |
| 62% | EZRAKLEIN | 9 | Co-author with Derek Thompson of 19 Across |
| 61% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 61% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 61% | LAKE | 4 | With 19-Across, borderer of four states |
| 61% | HUCK | 4 | With 19-Across, pal of Tom Sawyer |
| 60% | POLY | 4 | With 19-Across, domain of civics, in brief |
| 58% | ELECTRIC | 8 | With 19-Across, modes of transport that run on juice |
| 58% | LOTS | 4 | With 19-Across, a pillar of the Bible |
| 57% | PER | 3 | With 19-Across, Norwegian author of "Out Stealing Horses" |
| 55% | ELON | 4 | With 23 Across, CEO of 15 Across |
| 55% | MYSTERIOUS | 10 | With 19 Across, the Orient |
| 55% | IONIC | 5 | With 19 Across, compound connection |
| 55% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 54% | POLITICAL | 9 | With 57-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 54% | DAIRY | 5 | With 19 Across, milking workers, quaintly |
| 54% | LADY | 4 | Wife of 57 Across |
| 54% | LOBE | 4 | Part of 57 Across |
| 54% | SASE | 4 | Sort of 57 Across |
| 53% | MISS | 4 | With 19 Across, a certain pageant winner |
| 53% | SUPER | 5 | With 19-Across, series of arcade games that requires saving the Princess in the Mushroom Kingdom |
| 53% | RENTS | 5 | Does business with 19 Across |
| 52% | SILENT | 6 | With 63 Across, source of quote |
| 52% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 52% | BARACK | 6 | With 9 Across, winner of 2008 |
| 52% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 52% | SEAN | 4 | With 25 Across, subject of quote |