| 100% | YOUCANTMAKE | 11 | With 36 Across, ''Really!'' |
| 82% | NOT | 3 | With 36 Across, ''Unacceptable'' |
| 81% | HBO | 3 | With 36 Across, Netflix alternative |
| 79% | YOGI | 4 | With 36 Across, source of quote |
| 79% | TIN | 3 | With 36 Across, rapper's woe |
| 78% | SEVILLE | 7 | With 36 Across, Don Juan's hometown |
| 77% | RED | 3 | With 36 Across, accountant's need, or bane |
| 76% | SKATE | 5 | 36 Across with wheels |
| 73% | NOTHINGTO | 9 | With 36 and 56 Across, so-so |
| 72% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 70% | BENJI | 5 | Fictional 36 Across with a sizable filmography |
| 68% | ONA | 3 | With 36-Across, losing |
| 68% | PENNYWISEAND | 12 | With 36-Across, shortsighted |
| 68% | THE | 3 | With 36-Across, finis |
| 68% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 67% | LIP | 3 | With 36-Across, ChapStick product |
| 67% | ICE | 3 | With 36-Across, summer drink |
| 67% | TALL | 4 | With 36-Across, unbelievable story |
| 67% | HITS | 4 | With 36-Across, plays dirty |
| 67% | TOM | 3 | With 36-Across, "Big" star |
| 65% | WHENTHECATSAWAY | 15 | With 36-Across, shirker's comment |
| 65% | THE | 3 | With 36-Across, rhinologist's study |
| 65% | TRAWL | 5 | With 36-Across, school gathering equipment |
| 65% | DAVID | 5 | With 36-Across, "Space Oddity" singer |
| 65% | ANNE | 4 | With 36-Across, popular comedic actress |
| 65% | MEL | 3 | With 36-Across, Polo Grounds great |
| 65% | CHIA | 4 | With 36-Across, figurine that sprouts |
| 65% | TOTEM | 5 | With 36-Across, Native American carving |
| 65% | EUR | 3 | Prefix with 36-Across |
| 64% | ECCE | 4 | With 36-Across, a depiction of Jesus |