| 100% | ABANDONALLHOPE | 14 | With 23-Across, famous "opening" line |
| 66% | BREAKER | 7 | With 23-Across, CBer's opening |
| 59% | AMFM | 4 | With 23 Across, two-band device |
| 59% | BELL | 4 | With 23 Across, traditional school sound |
| 58% | ELON | 4 | With 23 Across, CEO of 15 Across |
| 58% | SCONE | 5 | Pastry served with 23 Across |
| 56% | LETS | 4 | With 23-Down, chow line |
| 56% | WATERWATER | 10 | With 49-Across, famous line from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| 51% | BEET | 4 | With 23-Across, crimson |
| 51% | WEE | 3 | With 23-Across, modicum |
| 50% | MAGINOT | 7 | Frenchman with a famous line |
| 50% | TEX | 3 | With 23-Across, popular cuisine |
| 50% | THER | 4 | With 23-Across, Steinbeck opus |
| 50% | SILICA | 6 | With 23-Across, adsorbent colloid |
| 49% | HELPMEOBI | 9 | With 61- and 37-Across, famous line by 53-Across in [see circled letters] |
| 49% | CHOPPEDLI | 9 | With 23-Across, deli spread, literally |
| 49% | NORTH | 5 | With 23-Across, a guiding light |
| 49% | SEA | 3 | With 23-Across, Neptune, e.g. |
| 49% | MESS | 4 | With 23-Across, where campers eat |
| 49% | REST | 4 | With 23-Across, picnic table locale |
| 48% | BARBARA | 7 | With 23-Across, a 1966 hit song |
| 48% | STAR | 4 | With 23-Across, winner of seven Oscars |
| 48% | PAD | 3 | With 23-Across, an Asian noodle dish |
| 48% | HANSCHRISTIAN | 13 | With 23-Across, giant in fairy tales |
| 48% | ENTER | 5 | With 23-Across, sign, as a contract |
| 47% | THELEGENDOF | 11 | With 23-Across, story about a noisy snorer? |
| 47% | ATHENS | 6 | With 23-Across, where the Hellenic Parliament sits |
| 47% | ANG | 3 | With 23-Across, "Life of Pi" Oscar winner |
| 46% | VELVET | 6 | With 23-Across, Lou Reed's band: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SPAR | 4 | 23-Across with a partner |