| 100% | GERMAN | 6 | With 32-Across, study of Hesse and Mann, informally |
| 45% | NOBEL | 5 | With 32- and 38-Across, 2014 honor won by the writer of 15-Across |
| 42% | THREE | 5 | With 68- or 69-Across, what 16-, 32-, 42- and 60-Across each consists of |
| 41% | CLUE | 4 | Game associated with the starts of 17-, 23-, 32-, 40-, 47- and 54-Across |
| 41% | HIGH | 4 | With 69-Across, where to find the ends of 17-, 22-, 32-, 43-, 54- and 61-Across |
| 40% | HISTOLOGY | 9 | The study of cells and tissues with a microscope |
| 40% | BYE | 3 | With 38 and 39 Across, NSYNC hit of 2000 |
| 40% | ONA | 3 | With 32-Across, suddenly and without thinking |
| 40% | ARIANA | 6 | With 32-Across, lead singer of "Problem" |
| 40% | JANET | 5 | With 32-Across, author of "White Oleander" |
| 40% | ORIGINAL | 8 | With 32-Across, Adam and Eve's transgression |
| 40% | NORMA | 5 | With 32-Across, Best Picture nominee of 1979 |
| 40% | SHANE | 5 | With 32-Across, director of "Iron Man 3" |
| 39% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 39% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 39% | STEPHAN | 7 | With 32-Across, the lead singer of 14-Across |
| 39% | NANCY | 5 | With 32-Across, teen detective in hundreds of books |
| 39% | LIFEWITHOUT | 11 | With 65 Across, what some 1992 and '96 voters dreamed of? |
| 39% | ECON | 4 | Field of study that deals with supply and demand: Abbr. |
| 38% | GHOSTOF | 7 | With 32-Across, one subjected to "incessant torture of remorse" |
| 38% | ANSEL | 5 | With 32-Across, photographer known for his pictures of Yosemite |
| 37% | SILVER | 6 | With 32-Across, 1976 movie that starred 18-Across and Richard Pryor |
| 37% | STANA | 5 | With 32-Across, she played the homicide cop partner of 18-Across |
| 37% | JOHN | 4 | With 32-Across, "SmackDown" superstar who's also a rapper and actor |
| 37% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 37% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 37% | TIGER | 5 | With 32-Across, golfer who had five Masters wins between 1997 and 2019 |
| 37% | BARRY | 5 | With 32-Across, former baseball star found guilty in 2011 of criminal conduct |
| 36% | REDD | 4 | With 32-Across, actor who played widowed father Fred Sanford on "Sanford and Son" |
| 36% | DAYS | 4 | With 32- and 33-Across, 15-Across's first full-length album |