| 100% | THE | 3 | With 36-Down, jail, slangily |
| 65% | BALI | 4 | With 36 Down, ''South Pacific'' song |
| 65% | HAT | 3 | With 36 Down, show of gratitude |
| 64% | LATE | 4 | With 36 Down, library patron's penalty |
| 56% | AND | 3 | With 36-Down, "Next ..." |
| 56% | ITS | 3 | With 36-Down, "Easy!" |
| 56% | ATA | 3 | With 36-Down, cocked |
| 55% | ITISAN | 6 | With 36-Down, "Very strange ..." |
| 54% | LOOK | 4 | With 36-Down, John Lennon song |
| 54% | OLD | 3 | With 36-Down, Neil Young classic |
| 53% | NAVY | 4 | With 36-Down, like some service uniforms |
| 53% | ASIF | 4 | With 36-Down, literally, beyond rational explanation |
| 53% | KNEE | 4 | With 36-Down, bit of clothes mending |
| 53% | ORONO | 5 | With 36-Down, New England college town |
| 53% | DUAL | 4 | With 36-Down, suitable for two applications |
| 53% | RED | 3 | With 36-Down, raspberry-flavored licorice treats |
| 53% | MALONE | 6 | Jazz star, with 36-Down |
| 52% | THERUBAIYACHT | 13 | With 36-Down gem of the Persian navy? |
| 52% | DALAI | 5 | With 36-Down, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner |
| 51% | THANTORECEIVE | 13 | With 2 Down, 36 Across & 43 Across, a Christmas-style maxim |
| 51% | SCREECH | 7 | With 36-Down, nocturnal bird with a shrill cry |
| 51% | WHOLE | 5 | With 36-Down, what plasma may be removed from |
| 48% | PLANETARY | 9 | With 36-Down, astronomical rarity ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 47% | LIT | 3 | With 42-Down, college course, slangily |
| 47% | STORM | 5 | With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/41-Across |
| 46% | IRVING | 6 | With 21-Down, composer of 36-Across |
| 46% | SOMETHING | 9 | With 27-Down, song from 36-Across |
| 46% | FLYING | 6 | With 36-Down, creature voiced by Zach Braff in "Oz the Great and Powerful" |
| 45% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | With 10-Down, 36-Across-designed museum (1995) |
| 45% | HOP | 3 | With 36-Down, Dr. Seuss classic with the subtitle "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use" |