| 100% | LATE | 4 | With 20-Across, Conan's domain |
| 59% | MOTOR | 5 | With 20 Across, vehicle with handlebars |
| 59% | REINVENT | 8 | With 20 Across, waste creative effort |
| 58% | UTAH | 4 | With 20 Across, a Pac-12 school |
| 57% | SOLONG | 6 | With 20 Across, "The Sound of Music" song |
| 57% | ELEC | 4 | With 20 Across, a "current" college course: abbr. |
| 57% | TOMATO | 6 | Food that rhymes with 20 Across |
| 57% | EPIC | 4 | With 20-Across, Homer's medium |
| 56% | CLEVELAND | 9 | With 20 Across, baseball team name announced in July |
| 56% | INDIA | 5 | With 20-Across, graphic artist's medium |
| 51% | MOVE | 4 | With 20-Across, relocate |
| 50% | ILIKE | 5 | With 20-Across, '50s slogan |
| 50% | VERY | 4 | With 20-Across, "Well done!" |
| 50% | INNER | 5 | With 20-Across, balance regulator |
| 49% | SWING | 5 | With 20 Across, place where your vote actually matters in the US, thanks to the Electoral College |
| 49% | BODY | 4 | With 20-Across, natural energy source |
| 49% | ONA | 3 | With 20-Across, just for fun |
| 49% | SWEET | 5 | With 20-Across, chocolaty Atlanta treat? |
| 49% | MAI | 3 | With 20-Across, fruity rum cocktail |
| 49% | VEGGIE | 6 | With 20-Across, meatless grilling option |
| 49% | MAILIN | 6 | With 20-Across, early election option |
| 49% | MINESTRONE | 10 | With 20-Across, possible pasta precursor |
| 49% | ITE | 3 | Suffix with 20-Across |
| 48% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 48% | LIE | 3 | With 20-Across, receive a posthumous honor |
| 48% | CLEAN | 5 | With 20-Across, fire the whole staff |
| 48% | BENDS | 5 | With 20-Across, goes to great lengths |
| 48% | GLASS | 5 | With 20-Across, "___: A Knives Out Mystery" |
| 48% | FRESH | 5 | With 20-Across, new lease on life |
| 48% | TIE | 3 | Unnecessary accessory with 20-Across |