| 100% | DUAL | 4 | With 39-Across, kind of engine |
| 73% | ENGLISH | 7 | With 39 Across, water north of France |
| 73% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 73% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 64% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 63% | ONE | 3 | With 39-Across, type of boxing punch |
| 63% | PET | 3 | With 39-Across, personal source of annoyance |
| 62% | STOPPINGBYWOODS | 15 | With 39-Across, often-quoted work of 1923 |
| 61% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 39-Across, signer of the 23-/51-Across |
| 61% | UMBERTO | 7 | With 39-Across, "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| 60% | TURBO | 5 | Kind of engine |
| 60% | HEMI | 4 | Kind of engine |
| 60% | VSIX | 4 | Kind of engine |
| 60% | DIESEL | 6 | Kind of engine |
| 60% | JET | 3 | Kind of engine |
| 60% | ROAST | 5 | With 39-Across, make fun of Maverick’s flying partner? |
| 59% | GREGORY | 7 | With 39-Across, writer of "Wicked," 15-Across, and 54-Across |
| 59% | MISO | 4 | Kind of Japanese soup with cubes of 20-Across |
| 59% | BYE | 3 | With 38 and 39 Across, NSYNC hit of 2000 |
| 58% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 58% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 58% | EDWARDTUDORAROYALHEIR | 21 | With 39- and 54-Across, the beginning of the story |
| 58% | RAMJET | 6 | Kind of engine for an airplane |
| 58% | TRIVIAL | 7 | With 39 Across, search party activity |
| 58% | CITRIC | 6 | With 39 Across, two chemical acids |
| 57% | VTEN | 4 | Powerful kind of engine |
| 57% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 57% | MELBA | 5 | With 39 Across, crispy base for cheese |
| 57% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 57% | WON | 3 | With 35-Across, Kind of record |