| 100% | GEORGE | 6 | With 24 Across, loser of the first really serious pie fight? |
| 43% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 24 Across, slogan of The Three Musketeers |
| 36% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 36% | DAVID | 5 | With 43-Across, singer of the lyric formed by the first parts of 20-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 58-Across |
| 35% | FREE | 4 | With 6-Across, guarantee of the First Amendment |
| 34% | KITTYHAWK | 9 | With 41-Across, location of the first successful 25-Across |
| 33% | MURDER | 6 | With 23-Across, subtitle of the first season of "American Horror Story" |
| 33% | BEASHAMEDTO | 11 | With 24-, 38-, 52-, and 61-Across, Horace Mann quote that's the motto of Antioch College |
| 33% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 33% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 33% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 33% | FINISHINGSECOND | 15 | Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across) |
| 33% | VEGETABLES | 10 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 32% | BUFFALOBILL | 11 | One of the first two ''American superstars,'' per 34 Across' book |
| 32% | ANNIEOAKLEY | 11 | One of the first two ''American superstars,'' per 34 Across' book |
| 32% | ALI | 3 | Fight of the Century loser |
| 32% | ACURA | 5 | Maker of the first mass-produced car with an all-aluminum body |
| 32% | BALL | 4 | The first lady of TV sitcoms, married to 41 across |
| 32% | HAPPY | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 32% | DIAMOND | 7 | Gem that may precede the first parts of 16- and 62-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 31% | CAST | 4 | Throw, and what you can do to the first words of 17-, 24-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 31% | DENTISTS | 8 | Experts with the ends of 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 31% | BABE | 4 | With 55-Across, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame's first class |
| 31% | STONE | 5 | With 52-Across, commander at the First Battle of Bull Run |
| 31% | THEPLOTTHICKENS | 15 | "Now things are getting interesting" ... or a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 31% | OPENFORBUSINESS | 15 | Sign outside a new store, or what the first words of 18-, 24-, 52-, and 59-Across can do? |
| 31% | OTIS | 4 | With 72 Across, the King of Elevator Music? |
| 31% | FENCING | 7 | The art or sport of fighting with swords |
| 31% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 31% | SANTA | 5 | With the first parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down, four California cities |