| 100% | LETS | 4 | With 23-Down, chow line |
| 61% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic hit with the line, "You better chow down or it's gonna get cold" |
| 61% | ABANDONALLHOPE | 14 | With 23-Across, famous "opening" line |
| 55% | SEA | 3 | With 23-Down, treasure hunters |
| 55% | RUSHINORTHODOX | 14 | With 23-Down, hurryin' fathers? |
| 55% | ROAMINCATHOLIC | 14 | With 23-Down, travelin' fathers? |
| 55% | HEAD | 4 | With 23-Down, deli product |
| 55% | TIC | 3 | With 23-Down, popular mints |
| 55% | HEAR | 4 | With 23-Down, listen to |
| 55% | TAZO | 4 | With 7 Down, brewed line Starbucks sold to Unilever |
| 54% | NEST | 4 | One might be lined with down |
| 54% | DES | 3 | With 23-Down, capital of Iowa |
| 54% | ANG | 3 | With 23-Down, "Brokeback Mountain" director |
| 54% | MANI | 4 | With 23-Down, combo beauty treatment |
| 53% | IRENE | 5 | With 23-Down, "Zorba the Greek" actress |
| 53% | CARL | 4 | With 23-Down, "Pale Blue Dot" author |
| 52% | STENOPAD | 8 | Notebook with a vertical line down the middle |
| 52% | HOKEY | 5 | With 23-Down, what "it's all about"? |
| 52% | TOUR | 4 | With 23-Down, leader of a sightseers' group |
| 52% | THE | 3 | With 23-Down, a person's soul mate |
| 49% | EHOW | 4 | Website with menu headers such as Chow Down and Get Crafty |
| 48% | HUMANBEINGS | 11 | Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-Down |
| 48% | DISCOVERING | 11 | With 23-Down, what 27-Across/32-Down is often credited with |
| 48% | TED | 3 | With 23-Down, Josh Radnor character on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 47% | SANTA | 5 | With 44-Across, Eartha Kitt Christmas song with the line, "Hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 47% | YES | 3 | With 51-Down, sometimes-sighed line |
| 47% | OPENSESAME | 10 | Kool & the Gang hit with the repeated line, "Get down with the genie" |
| 47% | LEASH | 5 | Chow line? |
| 47% | ARF | 3 | Chow line? |
| 47% | GRR | 3 | Chow line? |