| 100% | NOMUSS | 6 | With 22-Down, idiom meaning "easy peasy" |
| 52% | REDUCEDISTANCE | 14 | With 35-Across, highway sign meaning "slow down" |
| 46% | ROSES | 5 | "Stop and smell the ___," idiom that means to slow down and relax |
| 46% | DAMASCUS | 8 | "Road to ___," idiom with the Syrian capital that means "life-changing experience" |
| 46% | LEAVE | 5 | With 16-Down, what "stet" means |
| 46% | POPPIES | 7 | "To cut down tall ___," idiom that means to criticize someone for their achievements |
| 45% | PSYCH | 5 | With 22-Down, intimidate |
| 45% | THE | 3 | With 14-Down, what "Fin" might mean |
| 45% | DUMB | 4 | Make absurdly easy, with "down" |
| 45% | WATERLOO | 8 | "Meet your ___," idiom with a Belgian city that means "to experience a significant defeat" |
| 45% | BRISTOL | 7 | "Shipshape and ___ fashion," idiom with an English seaport that means "everything in perfect order" |
| 45% | PRICE | 5 | "Everything has a ___," idiom that means that anything can be bought with enough finances |
| 45% | SOFAR | 5 | With 22-Down, cautious statement |
| 45% | RED | 3 | With 22-Down, stinging insects |
| 45% | LAZ | 3 | With 22-Down, recliner brand |
| 45% | CINCO | 5 | With 22-Down, Mexican holiday |
| 44% | HAKUNA | 6 | With 42-Down, Swahili phrase meaning "no worries" |
| 44% | UPATREE | 7 | Stuck, with no easy way down |
| 44% | SARA | 4 | With 22-Down, a cake brand |
| 44% | EAST | 4 | With 22-Down, Korea's location |
| 44% | RIO | 3 | With 22-Down, John Wayne movie |
| 44% | STER | 4 | Suffix with 22-Down |
| 43% | JUDGE | 5 | With 22-Down, "People's Court" rival |
| 43% | SEA | 3 | With 22-Down, witchy nemesis of Popeye |
| 42% | LONDON | 6 | "It's ___ to a brick," idiom with the English capital that means "indicate with a high certainty" |
| 42% | NIECY | 5 | With 22-Down, star of TV's "Claws" |
| 42% | EAT | 3 | With 22-Down, what vegetarians don't do |
| 42% | ANG | 3 | With 22-Down, noted Taiwan-born film director |
| 41% | HEGOTTHEMINE | 12 | With 22-Down, disgruntled remark about a failed partnership? |
| 41% | LAP | 3 | Down, with "up"? |