| 100% | CHIA | 4 | With 36-Across, figurine that sprouts |
| 60% | CHIAPET | 7 | Figurine that sprouts |
| 59% | NOT | 3 | With 36 Across, ''Unacceptable'' |
| 59% | YOUCANTMAKE | 11 | With 36 Across, ''Really!'' |
| 58% | HBO | 3 | With 36 Across, Netflix alternative |
| 57% | YOGI | 4 | With 36 Across, source of quote |
| 57% | TIN | 3 | With 36 Across, rapper's woe |
| 57% | JOHNNY | 6 | With 36-Across, "Babes in Arms" tune that's apt for this puzzle |
| 57% | BESTDISCO | 9 | With 36-Across, Grammy category that was only awarded in 1980 (2 wds.) |
| 57% | SEVILLE | 7 | With 36 Across, Don Juan's hometown |
| 56% | KANSASCITY | 10 | With 36-Across, team that won two Super Bowls 50 years apart (2 wds.) |
| 56% | CHIA | 4 | ___ Pet (clay figurine that sprouts plants) |
| 56% | RED | 3 | With 36 Across, accountant's need, or bane |
| 55% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 36-Across, statistical feat that typically involves the number of points, rebounds, and assists |
| 55% | SKATE | 5 | 36 Across with wheels |
| 55% | WEDONTTALK | 10 | With 36-Across, song from 16-Across that hit #1 on the Billboard charts: 3 wds. |
| 54% | LECOQ | 5 | With 36-Across, French title of a Rimsky-Korsakov opera that translates to "The Golden Rooster" |
| 53% | SWAN | 4 | With 36-Across, Tchaikovsky ballet that was a highlight of 18- and 46-Across's long professional partnership |
| 53% | NOTHINGTO | 9 | With 36 and 56 Across, so-so |
| 52% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 51% | BENJI | 5 | Fictional 36 Across with a sizable filmography |
| 49% | CLEVELAND | 9 | With 41-Across, NBA team in Ohio that 36-Across had played for since 2011 |
| 49% | CHINESE | 7 | With 27- and 36-Across, object that floated over the US in early 2023 |
| 49% | ONA | 3 | With 36-Across, losing |
| 49% | PENNYWISEAND | 12 | With 36-Across, shortsighted |
| 49% | THE | 3 | With 36-Across, finis |
| 49% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 49% | CHIA | 4 | With 47 Across, ceramic figurine with leaves |
| 49% | CHIA | 4 | With 58-Across, 1980s fad that "sprouted" |
| 48% | LIP | 3 | With 36-Across, ChapStick product |