| 100% | TATER | 5 | With 37 Across, alternative to fries |
| 52% | TOTS | 4 | Alternative to fries |
| 52% | ONIONRINGS | 10 | Alternative to fries |
| 52% | TOTS | 4 | Alternatives to fries |
| 51% | TOTS | 4 | Alternative to fries, familiarly |
| 51% | THEDEVILAND | 11 | With 37-/46-Across, difficult things to be "between" |
| 50% | TOTS | 4 | Shorter, wider alternative to fries |
| 50% | GREAT | 5 | With 37 Across, tall dog |
| 50% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | With 37- and 49-Across, possible solution to 12-Down |
| 50% | THENEW | 6 | With 37 Across, alternate puzzle title |
| 50% | SIGHOF | 6 | With 37 Across, ''Alas!'', for instance |
| 49% | EARS | 4 | With 37 Across, corn is cooking quickly |
| 49% | BLESS | 5 | With 1-Across, alternative to "Gesundheit!" |
| 49% | SECRET | 6 | With 37-Across, Election Day practice ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 48% | TATERTOTS | 9 | Alternative to French fries |
| 48% | BURSTOUT | 8 | With 37-Across, lose it ... or what 12 answers in this puzzle appear to do |
| 48% | NAOMI | 5 | With 37-Across, first Japanese tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in the world |
| 48% | VEGANSCRAMBLE | 13 | Alternative to 39 Across |
| 47% | HIGH | 4 | With 10-Across, alternative to a fist bump |
| 47% | GIVE | 4 | With 37-Across, express freely, with "to" |
| 47% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 47% | HEAD | 4 | With 37-Across, hair accessory ... or a literal hint to 19-, 27-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 47% | WHEELOF | 7 | With 37-Across, card in a tarot deck, and a hint to each circled letter set |
| 47% | ONIONRING | 9 | Alternative to a steak fry |
| 46% | KALECHIPS | 9 | Low-calorie alternative to french fries |
| 46% | POTATOWEDGES | 12 | Thick-cut alternative to french fries |
| 46% | TILTA | 5 | With 37-Across, spinning amusement ride, and a hint to this puzzle's design and circled letters |
| 46% | MALTY | 5 | Alternative to hoppy, as with beer |
| 46% | BEEB | 4 | Alternative to Sky UK, with "the" |