| 100% | TRUE | 4 | With 21-Across, straight up |
| 67% | ALFA | 4 | With 21 Across, Italian auto |
| 67% | ALOE | 4 | With 21 Across, natural soother |
| 64% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 63% | ELLA | 4 | First name associated with 21 Across |
| 62% | TALIA | 5 | With 21 Across, portrayer of Rocky Jr.'s mom |
| 60% | LIESTO | 6 | Isn't straight up with |
| 59% | NEW | 3 | With 21 Across, holiday aptly placed at 20/21 in this grid |
| 56% | LOVE | 4 | With 21-Across, heartsick |
| 56% | OLD | 3 | With 21-Across, senescence |
| 56% | KEEPING | 7 | With 21-Across, remembering |
| 55% | ELLA | 4 | With 118 Across, "Boo'd Up" singer |
| 55% | SAIL | 4 | With 21-Across, ship out? |
| 55% | AND | 3 | With 21-Across, odds follower |
| 55% | SILVERM | 7 | With 62-Across, Runner-up (who cracks ME up!) |
| 54% | AWET | 4 | With 21-Across, symbol of madness |
| 54% | ACCOUNTING | 10 | With 21-Across, there's no … |
| 54% | START | 5 | With 21-Across, begin from scratch |
| 54% | OSAGE | 5 | With 21-Across, native Oklahoma group |
| 54% | BASS | 4 | With 21-Across, marching band instrument |
| 54% | FALLAPART | 9 | With 21-Across, go to pieces |
| 54% | EMMY | 4 | With 18 Across, one up for a prestigious television honor |
| 53% | YES | 3 | With 29-Across, "I need a straight answer now!" |
| 53% | HERMANM | 7 | With 40-Across, American novelist (who cracks ME up!) |
| 53% | ASWAN | 5 | With 21-Across, 1960's construction marvel |
| 53% | SILAS | 5 | With 21-Across, an 1861 literary hero |
| 53% | PAULA | 5 | With 35-Across, "Straight Up" singer who's a panelist on "The Masked Dancer" |
| 53% | FEEDINGTO | 9 | With 61 Across, giving up another for one's own benefit |
| 52% | EASYCOM | 7 | With 18-Across, Spendthrift's motto (which cracks ME up!) |
| 52% | RIO | 3 | With 21-Across, a 1970 John Wayne film |