| 100% | HONEST | 6 | With 33-Down, Presidential epithet |
| 69% | IRAQ | 4 | With 33-Down, topic in the 2008 presidential campaign |
| 66% | ICE | 3 | With 33 Down, kitchen grippers |
| 64% | ALASKAN | 7 | Word associated with 33 Down |
| 62% | APPLE | 5 | With 33 Down, fanciful cans on some MacBook decals |
| 61% | ARCH | 4 | With 33 Down, death metal band with an adversarial name |
| 56% | ATA | 3 | With 33-Down, quickly |
| 56% | THE | 3 | With 33-Down, soulmate |
| 55% | OZONE | 5 | With 33-Down, polar phenomena |
| 55% | ONE | 3 | With 33-Down, like solitaire |
| 55% | EKES | 4 | With 33-Down, barely gets |
| 55% | MAMMA | 5 | With 33-Down, ABBA hit |
| 54% | USUAL | 5 | With 33-Down, same old offerings |
| 54% | TEL | 3 | With 33-Down, Netanyahu's birthplace |
| 54% | AERO | 4 | Prefix with 33-Down |
| 53% | ANWAR | 5 | With 33-Down, 1978 Nobel Prize recipient |
| 53% | RIOT | 4 | With 33-Down, plastic shields and such |
| 53% | ANN | 3 | With 33-Down, leader of the Shakers |
| 53% | RADON | 5 | With 33-Down, product of uranium decay |
| 52% | SCYLLAAND | 9 | With 33-Down, difficult things to be "between" |
| 52% | OLD | 3 | With 33-Down, the U.S. flag, affectionately |
| 51% | ASILIVE | 7 | With 33-Down and 51-Across, "What a surprise!" |
| 50% | KARL | 4 | With 33-Down, actor who played Skurge in "Thor: Ragnarok" |
| 49% | SUPREMES | 8 | 33-Down's group, with "the" |
| 49% | TINA | 4 | With 33-Down, impersonator of Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" |
| 46% | EMO | 3 | With 33-Down, music genre that combines elements of hip hop with confessional lyrics |
| 46% | ELF | 3 | 33 Down worker |
| 46% | ETAS | 4 | 33 Down guesses |
| 45% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 45% | OPERA | 5 | 33 Down, for instance |