| 100% | VERY | 4 | With 26-Across, "Amen!" |
| 79% | NOT | 3 | With 26-Across, none |
| 79% | MORE | 4 | With 26-Across, somewhat |
| 77% | ONEGENERATION | 13 | With 26-Across, like grandchildren |
| 76% | CAPE | 4 | With 26-Across, Massachusetts resort area |
| 75% | AUTHOR | 6 | With 26-Across, 1982 Al Pacino film |
| 75% | PEKOE | 5 | With 26-Across, a Sri Lankan export |
| 75% | ANAIS | 5 | With 26-Across, "Delta of Venus" author |
| 73% | ELIHU | 5 | With 26-Across, 1912 Nobel Peace Prize winner |
| 73% | THE | 3 | With 26-Across, last words of a story |
| 71% | LOTTE | 5 | With 26-Down, wife of 37-Across |
| 70% | JUSTTHE | 7 | With 26-Across, #1 single for 35-Across: 2 wds. |
| 70% | MONDAY | 6 | With 26-Across, #1 hit for the Mamas & the Papas |
| 69% | DENZEL | 6 | With 26-Across, "Malcolm X" actor who stars in 40-Across |
| 67% | BANKOF | 6 | With 26-Down, 36-Across-designed Hong Kong skyscraper (1990) |
| 64% | DESPERATE | 9 | With 26-Across, series on which Kyle MacLachlan portrayed Wisteria Lane resident Orson Hodge |
| 63% | THEPRINCESS | 11 | With 26-Across, Anne Hathaway comedy that involves the fictional country of Genovia: 2 wds. |
| 63% | MOREPRECIOUSWAS | 15 | With 26-, 45- and 60-Across, a line by Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| 62% | OAKLAND | 7 | With 26-Across, baseball team that surpassed the American League's longest winning streak in 2002 |
| 61% | CLIENT | 6 | With 26-Down, regular customers |
| 61% | NILES | 5 | With 26-Down, "Frasier" character |
| 61% | AGNEW | 5 | See 26 Across |
| 61% | THELIMIT | 8 | See 26 Across |
| 61% | MOONANDBACK | 11 | See 26 Across |
| 61% | LESCAUT | 7 | See 26 Across |
| 61% | ANONYM | 6 | See 26 Across |
| 60% | SECTIONS | 8 | With 26-Down, some statistical samples |
| 60% | THANTORECEIVE | 13 | With 2 Down, 36 Across & 43 Across, a Christmas-style maxim |
| 59% | SPITES | 6 | Treats with 26-Down |
| 58% | SOLAR | 5 | With 26-Down, a rooftop energy device |