| 100% | BLA | 3 | With 4- & 9-Across, sports news of 1919 |
| 50% | BARACK | 6 | With 9 Across, winner of 2008 |
| 47% | VERY | 4 | With 4-Across, opposite of seldom |
| 46% | PALO | 4 | With 4-Across, part of Silicon Valley |
| 46% | GAL | 3 | With 4-Across, star of "Wonder Woman" |
| 46% | DAVID | 5 | With 4-Across, creator of "The Sopranos" |
| 46% | THE | 3 | With 4-Across, resident of Buckingham Palace |
| 46% | TWO | 3 | With 4-Across, value of an opinion? |
| 45% | BIG | 3 | With 4-Across, nickname for New York City |
| 45% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 45% | JAMIE | 5 | With 4-Across, star of "Django Unchained" and "Soul" |
| 45% | THE | 3 | With 4- and 5-Across, opposite of fantasy land |
| 45% | NLCS | 4 | Sports news of Oct. 2016 |
| 43% | BETSY | 5 | With 4-Across, secretary of education who advocated for school choice |
| 43% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 43% | LABOR | 5 | With 9-Across, symbolic end of summer |
| 43% | MAPLE | 5 | With 9-Across, noted product of Vermont |
| 43% | HOP | 3 | With 4-Across, non-alcoholic drink with a flavor reminiscent of beer |
| 42% | ANTHONY | 7 | With 38-Across, star of 4-/60-Down |
| 41% | LIAM | 4 | With 4-Down, star of "Unknown" |
| 41% | COLD | 4 | With 4-Down, style of coffee |
| 41% | SALES | 5 | With 4-Down, set of reps? |
| 41% | BAD | 3 | With 4-Across, Puerto Rican rapper who was Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2020 |
| 40% | FIRST | 5 | With 9-Across, part one of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines |
| 40% | AULD | 4 | With 8- and 9-Across, traditional New Year's song |
| 40% | GABRIELLE | 9 | With 4-Down, congresswoman in 2011 news |
| 40% | DER | 3 | With 4-Down, German equivalent of Time |
| 40% | STEVE | 5 | With 4-Down, "Crocodile Hunter" of TV |
| 40% | LASER | 5 | With 4-Down, paragon of sharp focus |
| 40% | POSH | 4 | With 4-Down, opposite of a fleabag |