| 100% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 61% | IPSOFACTO | 9 | By its very nature |
| 61% | PERSE | 5 | By its very nature |
| 49% | UNIVERSITY | 10 | With 56 Across, school founded by 39 Across |
| 45% | JOYCE | 5 | With 39-Across, character played by 18-Across in "Stranger Things" |
| 45% | THEHOUSEOF | 10 | With 39-Across, 1982 debut novel by 29-Across: 3 wds. |
| 45% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 45% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 44% | TRIVIAL | 7 | With 39 Across, search party activity |
| 44% | CITRIC | 6 | With 39 Across, two chemical acids |
| 43% | ENGLISH | 7 | With 39 Across, water north of France |
| 43% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 43% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 43% | MELBA | 5 | With 39 Across, crispy base for cheese |
| 43% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 43% | PERSE | 5 | By its nature |
| 41% | ESTES | 5 | Kefauver who ran with 39 Across in 1956 |
| 41% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Manchester by the Sea" Oscar nominee who played the title dancer in 45-Across |
| 41% | TRUE | 4 | Like a tautology, by its nature |
| 40% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 39-Across, impressive basketball feat ... or a feature shared by the answers to the six starred clues |
| 40% | IPSOFACTO | 9 | By the very nature of the deed |
| 40% | FIGURE | 6 | It can be improved by 39-Across |
| 40% | HEALTH | 6 | It can be improved by 39-Across |
| 40% | PAPA | 4 | With 10-Across, sobriquet for Bill O'Reilly used by 39-Across |
| 40% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | TOBE | 4 | With 39- and 40-Across, classic Shakespearean question phonetically suggested by 17-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 39% | TOTHEBACK | 9 | With 65 Across, ''Move it!'' |
| 39% | CHIEFJUSTICE | 12 | With 39 and 44 Across, the most major magistrate |
| 38% | STAR | 4 | *With 39-Across, flower named for its distinctive shape |
| 38% | PLAY | 4 | With 39-Across, pretend |