| 100% | SNAKE | 5 | With 3- and 4-Down, treacherous person |
| 55% | RED | 3 | With 3-Down and 4-Across, the human body makes around 200 billion of them per day |
| 55% | OURBODIES | 9 | With 3 Down, groundbreaking book about health and sexuality |
| 50% | FACE | 4 | With 3-Down, jack, queen and king |
| 49% | PER | 3 | With 3-Down, for each person, as income |
| 49% | PRINT | 5 | With 3-Down, newspapers, magazines and the like |
| 48% | POT | 3 | Word that completes 3 Down, 4 Across, 21 Down, and 28 Across |
| 47% | MOVIE | 5 | With 3-Down, time to gather and watch some Netflix |
| 47% | JUNEIS | 6 | With 4 Down, 26 Across, and 18 Down, "Carousel" song famously slaughtered by Leslie Uggams |
| 47% | ABOVE | 5 | With 4-Down, first and foremost |
| 46% | SQUAREROOTS | 11 | 3 and 4, to 9 and 16 |
| 46% | HOUR | 4 | Space between 3 and 4 |
| 46% | SANTA | 5 | With 3-Down, role for Tim Allen, Ed Asner and Leslie Nielsen |
| 46% | BATON | 5 | With 3-Down, Deep South birthplace of Randy Jackson and Don Lemon |
| 46% | HASTE | 5 | With 2- and 4-Down, adage about rushing |
| 45% | TREE | 4 | See 4-Across and 3-Down |
| 45% | THRICE | 6 | 4 Down times 3 |
| 45% | SMILING | 7 | With 3-Down, Adult Swim show about a business that makes people happy |
| 44% | TIC | 3 | With 3 Down, Certs alternative |
| 43% | WORLD | 5 | With 4-Down, what the Gall-Peters and Mercator projections show |
| 43% | WATER | 5 | With 4-Down, amusement attractions that might have chutes and ladders |
| 42% | HURRICANE | 9 | Severe storm with categories 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 |
| 42% | ALAN | 4 | With 3 Down, ''M*A*S*H'' star |
| 42% | MIKE | 4 | With 4-Down, he and his pet tiger were featured in "The Hangover" |
| 42% | TOAST | 5 | With 6-Across and 5-Down, celebrated person (hint: browned bread) |
| 41% | BAD | 3 | With 25-Across, tough and impressive person |
| 41% | PESCI | 5 | "Lethal Weapon 2," "... 3" and "... 4" actor |
| 41% | ODD | 3 | Like 3 and 5, but not 4 |
| 41% | NINE | 4 | 2 and 3 and 4 |
| 41% | GLASS | 5 | With 4 Down, transparent swimmer |