| 100% | LOTTE | 5 | With 26-Down, wife of 37-Across |
| 58% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 57% | SLED | 4 | With 26-Down, bit of winter fun |
| 57% | ATM | 3 | With 26-Down, cost of withdrawing cash, sometimes |
| 56% | ISAAC | 5 | With 26-Across, speaker of comment |
| 56% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 56% | ATRAIN | 6 | With 26-Down, repeated occurrences of things in turn |
| 56% | ANAIS | 5 | With 26-Across, "Delta of Venus" author |
| 56% | ORE | 3 | With 26-Across, maker of Tater Tots |
| 55% | THE | 3 | With 26-Across, last words of a story |
| 54% | BOB | 3 | With 26 Down, Lenny director |
| 53% | JUNEIS | 6 | With 4 Down, 26 Across, and 18 Down, "Carousel" song famously slaughtered by Leslie Uggams |
| 53% | SANTA | 5 | With 37-Across, ship of 1492 |
| 53% | TOMATO | 6 | Part of 37 Across |
| 53% | PEA | 3 | One of 37 across |
| 53% | SPAIN | 5 | Home of 37 Across |
| 52% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 52% | GEORGE | 6 | With 37-Across, speaker of the query |
| 52% | FROM | 4 | With 37-Across, theme of this puzzle |
| 52% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 37-Across, the King of Pop |
| 52% | LEASE | 5 | With 26 Down, income for some developers |
| 52% | INCA | 4 | Ancient native of 37 Across |
| 51% | DONDIEGO | 8 | With 37-Down, real name of 44-Down |
| 51% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 37-Across, late-night host of CBS |
| 51% | DOUNTO | 6 | With 37-Across, start of an ethical rule |
| 51% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 51% | MEMO | 4 | With 26 Down, box on an office desk |
| 51% | TWENTYFIVE | 10 | With 26-Down, the place of today's puzzle among all New York Times crosswords |
| 51% | LADY | 4 | Wife of 57 Across |
| 50% | ARAL | 4 | With 37-Down, shrunken body of water in Asia |