| 100% | EXAMINES | 8 | With 21-Down, questions in court |
| 59% | LES | 3 | With 21-Down, guitarist in the National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| 58% | USER | 4 | With 21 Down, entrance requirements |
| 56% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 21-Down, catchphrase that provides a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | PLEDTHEFIFTH | 12 | Declined to answer a question in court |
| 55% | 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" |
| 52% | ICED | 4 | With 21-Across, like many rivers in winter |
| 51% | REDIRECT | 8 | Friendly questioning, in court |
| 51% | ABAS | 4 | Down with, in Dunkirk |
| 51% | STAND | 5 | With 108 Down, remain in place |
| 50% | ABAS | 4 | "Down with!," in Dijon |
| 50% | TIC | 3 | With 21-Across, mint that comes in a plastic box |
| 50% | FIFTH | 5 | It may be taken in court, with "the" |
| 49% | BRAD | 4 | With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star |
| 49% | JESTER | 6 | One who shows up in court with bells on |
| 49% | UNA | 3 | With 8 Down, a girl in Guadalajara |
| 49% | HAIL | 4 | With 54 Down, desperate passes, in football |
| 48% | AMERICAN | 8 | With 21-Down, humanitarian organization |
| 48% | NEO | 3 | With 21-Down, military hawk |
| 48% | NEW | 3 | With 21 Across, holiday aptly placed at 20/21 in this grid |
| 48% | BARACK | 6 | With 29 Down, president born in the '60s |
| 48% | SHIRLEY | 7 | With 1 Down, first Black woman in congress |
| 47% | ALI | 3 | With 21-Down, "Arabian Nights" hero |
| 47% | SHUT | 4 | Word with in or up or down |
| 47% | IRVING | 6 | With 21-Down, composer of 36-Across |
| 47% | ANITA | 5 | With 21-Down, Clarence Thomas's accuser |
| 47% | THE | 3 | With 21-Down, sitcom of 2001-02 |
| 47% | STENO | 5 | With 21-Down, dictation taker's need |
| 46% | CARRIE | 6 | With 18-Across and 21-Down, National American Woman Suffrage Association president starting in 1900 |
| 46% | SKI | 3 | With 7-Down, hill that people glide down in winter |