| 100% | LYRIC | 5 | With 39-Across, 21-/28-Across, for one |
| 66% | MELBA | 5 | With 39 Across, crispy base for cheese |
| 61% | FEEDINGTO | 9 | With 61 Across, giving up another for one's own benefit |
| 60% | EMMY | 4 | With 18 Across, one up for a prestigious television honor |
| 59% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 58% | PSEUDOSCIENCE | 13 | 39-Across, for one |
| 58% | DEA | 3 | 21-Across, for one |
| 58% | PEST | 4 | 21-Across, for one |
| 57% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress with five Oscar nominations (and one win, for her role in 39-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 55% | JACKIN | 6 | With 39-Across, apt title for this puzzle |
| 54% | SIGHOF | 6 | With 37 Across, ''Alas!'', for instance |
| 54% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | TYPEOFSCULPTURE | 15 | 17, 21, and 51 Across all finish with one |
| 54% | GERMAN | 6 | With 18-Across, 8-Across, for one |
| 54% | SKI | 3 | With 37-Across, bunny hill, for one |
| 54% | DDS | 3 | One concerned with 47-Across, for short |
| 52% | BIKE | 4 | With 18-Across, the Tour de France, for one |
| 52% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 52% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 51% | EXEC | 4 | One in a high 21-Across, for short |
| 51% | TRIVIAL | 7 | With 39 Across, search party activity |
| 51% | CITRIC | 6 | With 39 Across, two chemical acids |
| 51% | ISLAND | 6 | 28-Down, for one |
| 51% | WHATMAKES | 9 | With 17- and 49-Across, 2011 debut single for One Direction: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ENGLISH | 7 | With 39 Across, water north of France |
| 50% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 50% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 50% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 50% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 50% | AGE | 3 | 21, for one |