| 100% | THANTORECEIVE | 13 | With 2 Down, 36 Across & 43 Across, a Christmas-style maxim |
| 42% | ISWEAR | 6 | A promise not to, with 2 Down |
| 42% | DOG | 3 | With 2 Down, bookmark of a sort |
| 41% | TAI | 3 | With 87 Down, martial art with a Yang style |
| 39% | YOULL | 5 | With 21 Across, 3 Down, 8 Down, and 20 Down, response to Ralphie's request for a BB gun in "A Christmas Story" |
| 38% | BENJI | 5 | Fictional 36 Across with a sizable filmography |
| 38% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 38% | MEGANTHEE | 9 | With 43-Across, "Savage" rapper who was named a Revlon Global Brand Ambassador in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DIET | 4 | With 25 Across, canonical brand for a 10 Down/11 Across |
| 37% | MALCOLMIN | 9 | With 43-Across, 2000-2006 Fox sitcom with a mother named Lois (played by Jane Kaczmarek): 2 wds. |
| 37% | TAKE | 4 | With 2-Down, draw a bead on |
| 37% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 37% | IENJOYEDYOURBOOK | 16 | With 43- and 48-Across, a barb to 14-Down |
| 36% | BAD | 3 | With 2-Down, what a villain may come to |
| 36% | AULDLANG | 8 | With 2-Down, Burns refrain sung once a year |
| 36% | DECO | 4 | With 2-Down, 1920s-'30s design style |
| 36% | TINY | 4 | With 29 Across, ''A Christmas Carol'' boy |
| 36% | KING | 4 | With 2-Down, a famous stage father |
| 36% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 35% | MOUNT | 5 | With 2-Down, major Manhattan hospital with a biblical name |
| 35% | ALA | 3 | ___ broche (cooking style with a skewer): 2 wds. |
| 35% | STOP | 4 | With 2-Down, handle perfectly, as a car |
| 35% | COMIC | 5 | With 2-Down, musical work with a humorous tone |
| 35% | PLUS | 4 | With 2-Down, symbol indicating a margin of error |
| 34% | MARYJANE | 8 | Flat style of shoe with a strap across the instep |
| 34% | LASH | 4 | With 43-Across, a 1940's movie cowboy |
| 34% | PAPA | 4 | With 2 Down, parents |
| 34% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 33% | TIRE | 4 | With 43-Across, leaver of a mark |
| 33% | ECCE | 4 | With 36-Across, a depiction of Jesus |