| 100% | PINK | 4 | With 31-Across, "The Wall" band |
| 61% | SINGLE | 6 | With 31-Across, 2010 Grammy Song of the Year by Beyoncé |
| 61% | SOFIE | 5 | With 31-Across, novelist who writes the Magical Cats mystery series |
| 60% | SQUARE | 6 | With 31 Across, acre fraction |
| 60% | GREEN | 5 | With 31-Across, filling for the 39-Across special-edition 17-Across |
| 59% | PIANISTIC | 9 | Skilled with 31 Across |
| 59% | DONALD | 6 | With 31-Across, "Atlanta" actor who did improv with the Upright Citizens Brigade |
| 58% | ALAN | 4 | With 31-Across, "The Aviator" Oscar nominee |
| 58% | MEL | 3 | Name associated with 31 Across |
| 58% | PEA | 3 | Wok veggie, with 31 Across |
| 58% | STUCK | 5 | With 31-Across, 2020 charity single that debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts |
| 58% | TOTO | 4 | Band with the 1983 #1 hit "62-Across" |
| 57% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Band with the album "The Wall," the best-selling album of 1980: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ANTHONY | 7 | With 31-Across, actor with the same initials as Alfred Hitchcock, his role in "Hitchcock" |
| 57% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |
| 57% | RATTLE | 6 | With 31-Across, 1988 documentary chronicling U2's North American tour of the previous year |
| 57% | THE | 3 | With 32-Across, British band that created 31-Across |
| 55% | STARK | 5 | With 31-Across, fictional building in "The Avengers" |
| 55% | RACHEL | 6 | With 31-Across, Debbie Downer portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "Girl Walks Into a Bar ..." |
| 55% | BOOGIE | 6 | With 31-Across, 1997 film about the adult film industry written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 55% | RAREESSENCE | 11 | "Work the Walls" go-go band |
| 54% | BARRY | 5 | With 31-Across, real name of The Flash, played by Grant Gustin on the CW's "The Flash" |
| 54% | CAREY | 5 | With 31-Across, Canadiens goalie who won the Hart Memorial Trophy for the 2014-2015 season: 2 wds. |
| 54% | STEVIE | 6 | With 31-Across, "Sir Duke" singer who won the 1977 Grammy for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical |
| 54% | WILLIE | 6 | With 31-Across, "On the Road Again" singer who played Doc Holliday in the 1986 TV movie "Stagecoach" |
| 54% | MYSTERIOUS | 10 | With 19 Across, the Orient |
| 54% | ERIC | 4 | With 68-Across, co-creator of the British parody band the Rutles |
| 53% | MARAT | 5 | With 31-Across, Russian tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1, at 20, in 2000 |
| 53% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | "Another Brick in the Wall" band: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SEGER | 5 | Bob with the Silver Bullet Band |