| 100% | REDUCEDISTANCE | 14 | With 35-Across, highway sign meaning "slow down" |
| 49% | CALLA | 5 | With 35-Across, a sign of spring |
| 47% | SNOW | 4 | With 35-Down, something meant to be shaken |
| 47% | RAT | 3 | With 35 Across, grind |
| 45% | HAM | 3 | With 35 Across, common lunchbox contents |
| 43% | EASED | 5 | Slowed down, with "up" |
| 42% | THESHOEISONTHE | 14 | With 35 Across, "I've turned the tables on you" |
| 42% | LAURA | 5 | With 35 Down, Jurassic Park star |
| 41% | CANTWALKAND | 11 | With 35 and 56 Across, is quite uncoordinated |
| 41% | LAGS | 4 | Slows down, like a game with poor connectivity |
| 40% | OREO | 4 | With 35 Down, narrow versions of a classic cookie |
| 39% | ROAST | 5 | With 15 Across, slow-cooked supper |
| 39% | HOT | 3 | With 35-Across, Jacuzzi |
| 39% | TIRES | 5 | With 35-Across, exhausts |
| 38% | BUFFALOBILL | 11 | With 59-Down, highway sign promoting the Sabres? |
| 38% | ROGER | 5 | With 59-Across, a 35-Down portrayer |
| 38% | STOP | 4 | Top 20 Spice Girls song with the lyric "Slow it down, read the sign" |
| 38% | SAL | 3 | With 35-Across, a cleanser |
| 38% | VARSITY | 7 | With 35-Across, 1927 melody |
| 38% | MIDORI | 6 | With 35-Across, Japanese Olympian |
| 38% | LAO | 3 | With 35-Across, Taoism founder |
| 38% | MEMORIAL | 8 | With 35-Across, May celebration |
| 37% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |
| 37% | WON | 3 | With 35-Across, Kind of record |
| 37% | LAKE | 4 | With 35-Across, view from Cleveland |
| 37% | ICANDO | 6 | With 35-Across, self-confident words |
| 37% | KISS | 4 | With 35-Across, Cole Porter musical |
| 37% | ARCTIC | 6 | With 35-Across, North Pole setting |
| 37% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 36% | PERSONALDIGITAL | 15 | With 35-Down, 34-Down |