| 100% | HADONES | 7 | With 25-Across, voiced an opinion |
| 63% | ILOVE | 5 | With 25-Across, an Irving Berlin song |
| 60% | DANNY | 5 | With 25-Across, folk song set to an Irish melody |
| 58% | PLAY | 4 | With 25-Across, get as much approval from an audience as possible |
| 57% | BLUE | 4 | With 25 Across, large game fish |
| 57% | SEAN | 4 | With 25 Across, subject of quote |
| 56% | IRAN | 4 | Caspian sharer with 25 Across |
| 56% | YELLOW | 6 | With 25 Across, caution, on a soccer pitch |
| 55% | SHE | 3 | Personal pronoun often paired with 25 Across |
| 54% | CENSOR | 6 | Suppress or ban someone from voicing an opinion |
| 54% | OLIVERHARDY | 11 | Comedian first appearing with 25 Across in 1921 |
| 53% | SAID | 4 | With 7- and 8-Across, mocking phrase following an unpopular opinion |
| 53% | DIET | 4 | With 25 Across, canonical brand for a 10 Down/11 Across |
| 53% | LINA | 4 | With 25 Across, Federal Trade Commission chair appointed in June 2021 |
| 53% | HELEN | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 53% | HENRY | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 51% | ALEXA | 5 | Voice with an Echo |
| 50% | ALEXA | 5 | Voice heard with an Echo |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | With 4-Across, value of an opinion? |
| 50% | CONTENT | 7 | With 18 Across, many an internet celebrity |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | With 25-Across, 50% |
| 49% | ASI | 3 | With 25-Across, "___ saying ..." |
| 49% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 48% | WES | 3 | With 25-Across, "Scream" director |
| 48% | BRAIN | 5 | With 25-Across, a puzzle |
| 48% | SNEAK | 5 | With 25-Across, secretly enter |
| 48% | BURNTHATBRIDGE | 14 | With 54 Across, rule out an eventual return? |
| 48% | FISHOUT | 7 | With 49 Across, person in an unaccustomed environment |
| 48% | LEONARD | 7 | With 60 Across, composer born August 25, 1918 |
| 47% | MONOTONE | 8 | Boring voice with an unchanging pitch |