| 100% | THE | 3 | With 39-Across, a 60-Across play |
| 72% | BETWEEN | 7 | With 39-Across, a description of the answers inside 17-, 24-, 49- and 60-Across |
| 63% | QUE | 3 | With 39-Across, a common greeting |
| 63% | DODOSOLSOLLALASOL | 17 | With 39-Across, a familiar tune |
| 59% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 57% | OUR | 3 | With 60-Across, Thornton Wilder play |
| 57% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Hairspray" actress who plays Betty Ford in "The First Lady" |
| 57% | JOYCE | 5 | With 39-Across, character played by 18-Across in "Stranger Things" |
| 57% | SIR | 3 | With 39-Across and 58-Down, response to a military command |
| 56% | URSA | 4 | With 60-Across, a group of stars |
| 56% | IALWAYSTHOUGHTI | 15 | With 37- and 60-Across, a musing |
| 56% | AUDI | 4 | 60-Across with a four-ring logo |
| 56% | KNIFE | 5 | Item with a 39-Across |
| 56% | RAZOR | 5 | Item with a 39-Across |
| 56% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 56% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 56% | MAGILLA | 7 | With 39-Across, classic animated primate with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BEL | 3 | With 39-Across, Peacock series based on a 1990s Will Smith show |
| 56% | SEVEN | 5 | With 47-Across, a third way to make 60-Across |
| 56% | YOUMUSTBE | 9 | With 39- and 63-Across, a divorce lawyer's guarantee? |
| 55% | DONTBEGIN | 9 | With 40- and 60-Across, a cautionary message |
| 55% | SEIZE | 5 | With 60-Across, take control after a coup |
| 55% | CLARINET | 8 | Instrument with a flared 60-Across |
| 55% | TRIVIAL | 7 | With 39 Across, search party activity |
| 55% | CITRIC | 6 | With 39 Across, two chemical acids |
| 54% | GRAPE | 5 | Fruit associated with a fabled 39-Across |
| 54% | ENGLISH | 7 | With 39 Across, water north of France |
| 54% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 54% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 54% | MELBA | 5 | With 39 Across, crispy base for cheese |