| 100% | AARON | 5 | With 35-Across, Yankee right fielder who broke the records of 18-Across and 38-Across |
| 44% | CLEAR | 5 | With 64-Across, words that can precede the starts of 18-, 31-, 38- and 55-Across |
| 44% | BEARBRYANT | 10 | Legendary football coach who won six national championships with the University of Alabama (including one with 18-Across and one with 35-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, "Yummy" singer who won the Pop Album of the Year Juno in 2011 and 2016 |
| 42% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 42% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 41% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 40% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | Right fielder who signed a $360 million contract with the Yankees in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PAUL | 4 | Right fielder O'Neill who won five World Series with the Yankees |
| 39% | MILLERPARK | 10 | Home stadium of the Milwaukee Brewers with statues honoring 18-Across, 26-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JAYJOHNSON | 10 | Head coach of 35-Across who won league championships with the University of Nevada in 2015 and the University of Arizona in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WOODY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Blue Jasmine" director who wrote and directed 18-Across |
| 37% | DRAKE | 5 | Singer of 15-Across, 28-Across, and 38-Across who was honored with the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 "Billboard" Music Awards |
| 37% | BESTPICTURE | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across each won |
| 37% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 37% | JONATHANTOEWS | 13 | Center and captain who won the Stanley Cup three times with 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SCOTT | 5 | With 35-Across, lawyer who wrote the thrillers "Presumed Innocent" and "Personal Injuries" |
| 36% | ASHER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Andi Mack" actor who plays the younger version of 38-Across in "Shazam!" |
| 36% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author born 9/21/1947 who penned the starts of 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 36% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 35-Across, actress who starred in both the "Hunger Games" and "X-Men" movie franchises |
| 36% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who plays Riley Poole in the "National Treasure" films and Disney+ series |
| 36% | SMARTSET | 8 | Fashionable group ... and what the starts of 18-, 21-, 38- and 52-Across form |
| 36% | RESTORATION | 11 | Handyman's work suggested by the starts of 18-, 20-, 38- and 57-Across |
| 36% | NOBEL | 5 | With 32- and 38-Across, 2014 honor won by the writer of 15-Across |
| 36% | KATEY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Sons of Anarchy" actress who plays the title character in "Rebel" |
| 36% | SQUIDWARD | 9 | Neighbor of 18-Across and 33-Across/39-Across who is the cashier at the Krusty Krab |
| 36% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 36% | CURTIS | 6 | With 35-Across, Pennsylvania-born Football Hall of Famer who attended the University of Pittsburgh |
| 36% | PRANKSTER | 9 | Speaker of the clues for 18-, 24-, 38- and 51-Across |