| 100% | IVEHADIT | 8 | With 31-Down, exasperated exclamation |
| 66% | ALOHA | 5 | With 31 Down, Honolulu landmark |
| 65% | CARNE | 5 | With 31 Down, grilled steak dish |
| 55% | GOOD | 4 | With 75 Down, a Charlie Brown exclamation |
| 55% | ARM | 3 | With 31-Down, jazz legend |
| 55% | MERRY | 5 | With 31-Down, holiday greeting |
| 54% | AYE | 3 | With 31-Down, bosun's reply |
| 54% | ALAN | 4 | With 31-Down, "Sweet Liberty" star |
| 54% | TINA | 4 | With 31-Down, "Proud Mary" singer |
| 54% | HTIP | 4 | With 31-Down, breaking records, maybe |
| 54% | PUTS | 4 | With 31-Down, finalizes, in publishing |
| 54% | TRA | 3 | With 31-Down, lilting song syllables |
| 54% | EDIT | 4 | Work with 31-Down |
| 53% | COMEHELL | 8 | With 31-Down, no matter what happens |
| 53% | ANG | 3 | With 31-Down, "Life of Pi" director |
| 52% | FREDDIE | 7 | With 31-Down, astronomer's favorite rock singer? |
| 52% | LEMON | 5 | With 31-Down, its products are often squeezed |
| 52% | BAD | 3 | With 31-Down, it doesn’t bode well |
| 51% | BEN | 3 | With 31-Down, star of "Night at the Museum" |
| 50% | AREVERSAL | 9 | With 31-Down, feature of this puzzle's theme entries |
| 50% | ERNST | 5 | With 31-Down, Viennese-born photographer who pioneered in journalism |
| 49% | RACHEL | 6 | With 31-Across, Debbie Downer portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "Girl Walks Into a Bar ..." |
| 49% | USAIN | 5 | With 31-Down, world record holder in the 100-meter dash |
| 48% | SQUARE | 6 | With 31-Down, hoedown activities, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 47% | ITS | 3 | With 18-Down, exclamation in "Frankenstein" |
| 47% | ICANTWIN | 8 | Exasperated exclamation |
| 47% | ACK | 3 | Exasperated exclamation |
| 47% | ENOUGH | 6 | Exasperated exclamation |
| 47% | SHEESH | 6 | Exasperated exclamation |
| 47% | ARGH | 4 | Exasperated exclamation |