| 100% | TOP | 3 | With 29-Across, highest-quality |
| 73% | SHINE | 5 | With 29 Across, homemade liquor |
| 72% | LIGHT | 5 | With 29 Across, 2016 Oscar winner |
| 72% | SHOT | 4 | With 29 Across, seemingly impossible goal |
| 71% | TINY | 4 | With 29 Across, ''A Christmas Carol'' boy |
| 70% | ONEOFTHOSE | 10 | With 29 Across, what the meditating mechanic had? |
| 64% | ERROR | 5 | With 24 Across, quality control concern |
| 62% | GETTINGALO | 10 | With 29-Across, aging |
| 62% | MANDARI | 7 | With 29-Across, tangerine |
| 62% | UPA | 3 | With 29-Across, cornered |
| 62% | ATA | 3 | With 29-Across, immediately |
| 61% | JANE | 4 | With 29-Across, "Barbarella" star |
| 61% | ALOE | 4 | With 29-Across, a soother |
| 61% | PASTA | 5 | With 29-Across, picnic dishes |
| 61% | LORD | 4 | With 29-Across, Conrad novel |
| 61% | SHE | 3 | With 29-Across, pronoun pair |
| 61% | TOPNOTCH | 8 | High quality (inf) |
| 59% | OUTER | 5 | With 29-Across, an anatomical part |
| 59% | ROTH | 4 | With 29-Across, nest egg choice |
| 58% | MERINO | 6 | Sheep with high quality fleece |
| 58% | ONTHE | 5 | With 29-Across, like many sales reps |
| 58% | BILL | 4 | With 29-Across, surprise in the mail |
| 57% | SHESELLSCSHELLS | 15 | With 29-Across, a tongue twister, in brief |
| 57% | MONA | 4 | With 29-Across, source of a famous smile |
| 57% | MARTY | 5 | With 29-Across, "Back to the Future" hero |
| 57% | ROOTED | 6 | With 29-Across, like a deer in headlights |
| 57% | SMOKEYAND | 9 | With 35-Across, highest-grossing film of 42-Across's career (2 wds.) |
| 56% | COLONEL | 7 | With 29-Across, fast-food spokesperson with a goatee |
| 56% | COLOR | 5 | With 29-Across, pricier option at a print shop |
| 56% | TINA | 4 | With 29-Across, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" creator and actress |