| 100% | TOP | 3 | With 24-Across, number one position |
| 60% | TOPSPOT | 7 | Number one position |
| 57% | EARTHIN | 7 | With 24 Across, 1992 best-seller |
| 57% | ERROR | 5 | With 24 Across, quality control concern |
| 57% | ALLEN | 5 | With 24-Across, original spelling of one of Robin Hood's "Merry Men" |
| 56% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 24 Across, slogan of The Three Musketeers |
| 55% | KARA | 4 | With 24 Across, artist known for her silhouette work |
| 55% | CAYMAN | 6 | Columbus's 1503 discovery, with 24 Across |
| 54% | NINE | 4 | See 14 Across ... or the number of interconnected Monday puzzles before this one, starting with 3/15 |
| 53% | GEORGE | 6 | With 24 Across, loser of the first really serious pie fight? |
| 52% | BINGO | 5 | Game with 24 numbered squares |
| 52% | BREVITYIS | 9 | With 24 and 15 Across, quote from "Hamlet" |
| 52% | SEN | 3 | One with a six-yr. position |
| 50% | SANTA | 5 | With 27 Across, one gifted guy? |
| 50% | NOTE | 4 | One with a staff position |
| 50% | REGISTEREDVOTER | 15 | One with a poll position? |
| 50% | ELF | 3 | One with a pole position? |
| 50% | NOTE | 4 | One with a staff position? |
| 50% | REST | 4 | One with a staff position? |
| 50% | MULTIHYPHENATES | 15 | Ones with many talents ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 50% | ALABAMAN | 8 | One with a Mobile phone number? |
| 50% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 49% | FAKE | 4 | With 24-Across, bluff |
| 49% | FOR | 3 | With 24-Across, namely |
| 49% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 48% | IWOULDNT | 8 | With 24-Across, "Uh-uh!" |
| 48% | VETERANS | 8 | With 24-Across, 11/11 |
| 48% | FRACTION | 8 | One number over another with a line separator |
| 48% | MINNESOTAFATS | 13 | One who was very successful with numbered balls |
| 48% | LOTTERYWINNER | 13 | One who is very successful with numbered balls |