| 100% | FAR | 3 | With 39-Down, unconventional |
| 83% | WALDO | 5 | With 39 Down, Emerson predecessors |
| 70% | ALL | 3 | With 39-Down, hot |
| 70% | ADD | 3 | With 39-Down, extras |
| 70% | DOWN | 4 | With 39-Down, minimize |
| 70% | ONE | 3 | With 39-Down, "Wait!" |
| 68% | SMOKEY | 6 | With 39-Down, Miracle worker? |
| 67% | TONE | 4 | With 39-Down, terrible with pitches |
| 66% | HEE | 3 | With 39-Down, a cornball variety show |
| 66% | WHERE | 5 | With 39-Down, question after an interruption |
| 66% | FATFREE | 7 | Made with 39-Down, maybe |
| 64% | NEO | 3 | Prefix that rhymes with 39-Down |
| 63% | ALBERT | 6 | With 39-Down, speaker of this puzzle's quote |
| 62% | THE | 3 | With 39-Down, last words in many an old movie |
| 62% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 61% | WEST | 4 | With 39-Down, military academy whose graduates have included many generals |
| 61% | OMAR | 4 | With 39-Down, actor who plays Dr. Eric Foreman on "House" |
| 59% | BONO | 4 | Sonny who sang "I Got You Babe" with 39-Down |
| 58% | VIDEOOF | 7 | With 39-Across, 2012 honor given to 11-Down: 2 wds. |
| 58% | SIR | 3 | With 39-Across and 58-Down, response to a military command |
| 57% | HATBOX | 6 | 39 Down protector |
| 57% | JAY | 3 | 39 Down cousin |
| 56% | CHECKALL | 8 | With 39-Down, fulfill requirements ... or how to fill four of this puzzle's squares? |
| 55% | PLAY | 4 | With 39-Across, pretend |
| 55% | SEC | 3 | With 39-Across, instant |
| 55% | ACUT | 4 | With 39-Across, superior |
| 54% | ROYAL | 5 | With 39-Down, defenders over London, or an apt description of 19-, 29-, and 52-Across? |
| 54% | RAINBOW | 7 | With 39-Across, colorful dessert |
| 54% | SMOKED | 6 | With 39-Across, holiday entree |
| 54% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |