| 100% | UTAH | 4 | With 20 Across, a Pac-12 school |
| 59% | ELEC | 4 | With 20 Across, a "current" college course: abbr. |
| 52% | GLASS | 5 | With 20-Across, "___: A Knives Out Mystery" |
| 50% | LIE | 3 | With 20-Across, receive a posthumous honor |
| 49% | DESKTOP | 7 | With 20-Across, pattern in back of a window |
| 46% | FEESCHARGEDBYAN | 15 | With 53-Across, a daffynition of 20-Across |
| 46% | MOTOR | 5 | With 20 Across, vehicle with handlebars |
| 46% | REINVENT | 8 | With 20 Across, waste creative effort |
| 46% | IFORGOTTOWRITE | 14 | With 34-Across, a child's 12/24 lament |
| 45% | SOLONG | 6 | With 20 Across, "The Sound of Music" song |
| 45% | TOMATO | 6 | Food that rhymes with 20 Across |
| 44% | CLEVELAND | 9 | With 20 Across, baseball team name announced in July |
| 44% | UTAH | 4 | With 84-Down, a Pac-12 team |
| 44% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 44% | MARGOT | 6 | With 20-Across, Australian actress who played a mass-produced doll in a 2023 blockbuster film |
| 44% | TENANT | 6 | One with a 20-Across |
| 43% | USC | 3 | Pac-12 school in L.A. |
| 43% | SOFT | 4 | With 12-Across, announce obliquely, as a new partner via Instagram |
| 42% | JENGA | 5 | Game with a toppling 20-Across |
| 42% | BUT | 3 | With 75 Across, a gas |
| 42% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 41% | LIME | 4 | With 56 Across, a summer cooler |
| 41% | KEY | 3 | With 52 Across, a Florida attraction |
| 41% | RON | 3 | With 136 Across, a rum brand |
| 41% | YES | 3 | With 89 Across, a confident assent |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | With 41 Across, a vitamin brand |
| 41% | LIFE | 4 | With 127 Across, a popular candy |
| 41% | DEMONSAREA | 10 | With 105 Across, a Halloween tune? |
| 41% | KNICKKNACK | 10 | With 20-Down, phrase in a children's song |
| 41% | CARLISLE | 8 | Town with a Penn State law school |