| 100% | SEAN | 4 | With 25 Across, subject of quote |
| 63% | FRED | 4 | With 25 Down, source of quote |
| 63% | JULIUS | 6 | With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 61% | SILENT | 6 | With 63 Across, source of quote |
| 61% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 61% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 61% | YOGI | 4 | With 36 Across, source of quote |
| 61% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 51 Across, source of quote |
| 50% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 50% | MARGARET | 8 | With 53-Across, author of the quote |
| 50% | BLUE | 4 | With 25 Across, large game fish |
| 49% | IRAN | 4 | Caspian sharer with 25 Across |
| 48% | YELLOW | 6 | With 25 Across, caution, on a soccer pitch |
| 48% | HIGH | 4 | With 38-Across, subject of this puzzle |
| 48% | GOLF | 4 | Subject of the quote |
| 47% | KITTYHAWK | 9 | With 41-Across, location of the first successful 25-Across |
| 47% | SHE | 3 | Personal pronoun often paired with 25 Across |
| 47% | NOMAN | 5 | Subject of a Donne quote |
| 47% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |
| 46% | GHOSTOF | 7 | With 32-Across, one subjected to "incessant torture of remorse" |
| 46% | SEAN | 4 | With 62-Across, subject of "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" |
| 46% | OLIVERHARDY | 11 | Comedian first appearing with 25 Across in 1921 |
| 46% | TAIWAN | 6 | Subject of 1972 negotiations with China |
| 46% | GODSWAYOF | 9 | With 25-, 42- and 55-Across, a definition of 1-Across, according to Dennis Miller |
| 46% | DIET | 4 | With 25 Across, canonical brand for a 10 Down/11 Across |
| 46% | LINA | 4 | With 25 Across, Federal Trade Commission chair appointed in June 2021 |
| 46% | HELEN | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 46% | HENRY | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 46% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 46% | BACK | 4 | With 118-Across, subject of an I.R.S. request |