| 100% | AYE | 3 | With 31-Down, bosun's reply |
| 60% | ALOHA | 5 | With 31 Down, Honolulu landmark |
| 59% | CARNE | 5 | With 31 Down, grilled steak dish |
| 55% | FREDDIE | 7 | With 31-Down, astronomer's favorite rock singer? |
| 53% | AREVERSAL | 9 | With 31-Down, feature of this puzzle's theme entries |
| 51% | PETE | 4 | With 31-Down, switch hitter who's baseball's all-time hits leader |
| 50% | AFTERA | 6 | With 8-Down, a reply's start |
| 50% | IVEHADIT | 8 | With 31-Down, exasperated exclamation |
| 50% | ARM | 3 | With 31-Down, jazz legend |
| 50% | MERRY | 5 | With 31-Down, holiday greeting |
| 49% | ALAN | 4 | With 31-Down, "Sweet Liberty" star |
| 49% | TINA | 4 | With 31-Down, "Proud Mary" singer |
| 49% | HTIP | 4 | With 31-Down, breaking records, maybe |
| 49% | PUTS | 4 | With 31-Down, finalizes, in publishing |
| 49% | TRA | 3 | With 31-Down, lilting song syllables |
| 49% | EDIT | 4 | Work with 31-Down |
| 48% | COMEHELL | 8 | With 31-Down, no matter what happens |
| 48% | ANG | 3 | With 31-Down, "Life of Pi" director |
| 47% | LEMON | 5 | With 31-Down, its products are often squeezed |
| 47% | BAD | 3 | With 31-Down, it doesn’t bode well |
| 46% | BEN | 3 | With 31-Down, star of "Night at the Museum" |
| 46% | DELAWARE | 8 | With 31-Across, Cape May's locale |
| 45% | ERNST | 5 | With 31-Down, Viennese-born photographer who pioneered in journalism |
| 45% | RACHEL | 6 | With 31-Across, Debbie Downer portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "Girl Walks Into a Bar ..." |
| 45% | WELLIFTHATS | 11 | With 55-Across, patient's reply |
| 44% | USAIN | 5 | With 31-Down, world record holder in the 100-meter dash |
| 44% | SCALE | 5 | With 45 Down, architect's creation |
| 43% | SQUARE | 6 | With 31-Down, hoedown activities, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 43% | RAKES | 5 | With 60 Down, cad's bad look |
| 43% | IPOD | 4 | With 14 Down, jogger's music player |