| 100% | MAIN | 4 | With 39-Across, featured boxing match |
| 63% | ONE | 3 | With 39-Across, type of boxing punch |
| 58% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 58% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 57% | TRIVIAL | 7 | With 39 Across, search party activity |
| 57% | CITRIC | 6 | With 39 Across, two chemical acids |
| 56% | ENGLISH | 7 | With 39 Across, water north of France |
| 56% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 56% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 56% | MELBA | 5 | With 39 Across, crispy base for cheese |
| 56% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 56% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 54% | ESTES | 5 | Kefauver who ran with 39 Across in 1956 |
| 53% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 39-Across, impressive basketball feat ... or a feature shared by the answers to the six starred clues |
| 51% | CHIEFJUSTICE | 12 | With 39 and 44 Across, the most major magistrate |
| 49% | PLAY | 4 | With 39-Across, pretend |
| 49% | SEC | 3 | With 39-Across, instant |
| 49% | ACUT | 4 | With 39-Across, superior |
| 48% | RAINBOW | 7 | With 39-Across, colorful dessert |
| 48% | SMOKED | 6 | With 39-Across, holiday entree |
| 48% | ROGER | 5 | With 39-Across, *1973-85 |
| 48% | UNIVERSITY | 10 | With 56 Across, school founded by 39 Across |
| 47% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 47% | QUE | 3 | With 39-Across, a common greeting |
| 47% | ONA | 3 | With 39-Across, way to stop |
| 47% | DUAL | 4 | With 39-Across, kind of engine |
| 47% | GRILLED | 7 | With 39-Across, street fair fare |
| 47% | DOT | 3 | With 39-Across, Web-based business |
| 47% | DODOSOLSOLLALASOL | 17 | With 39-Across, a familiar tune |
| 47% | DENTAL | 6 | With 39-Across, teeth-cleaning aid |