| 100% | DER | 3 | With 4-Down, German equivalent of Time |
| 58% | IHAVE | 5 | With 4 Down, M.L.K. declaration of 8/28/63 |
| 54% | MOPERS | 6 | Ones with a lot of down time? |
| 53% | LIAM | 4 | With 4-Down, star of "Unknown" |
| 53% | COLD | 4 | With 4-Down, style of coffee |
| 53% | SALES | 5 | With 4-Down, set of reps? |
| 53% | LASER | 5 | With 4-Down, paragon of sharp focus |
| 53% | POSH | 4 | With 4-Down, opposite of a fleabag |
| 52% | STEVE | 5 | With 4-Down, "Crocodile Hunter" of TV |
| 51% | COVER | 5 | With 4-Down, page of metadata before a report |
| 51% | DEEP | 4 | With 4-Down, comprehensive review of a topic |
| 50% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 50% | ILSA | 4 | German equivalent of Betty |
| 49% | OTTO | 4 | German equivalent of the Oscar |
| 49% | GLASS | 5 | With 4 Down, transparent swimmer |
| 49% | BATH | 4 | With 4 Down, Neutrogena product |
| 49% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 49% | ANN | 3 | With 4-Down, city that's home to the University of Michigan |
| 48% | DER | 3 | German equivalent of the French "le" |
| 48% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 48% | GHOSTBUSTERS | 12 | With 4-Down, supernatural comedy dedicated to the memory of director Ivan Reitman |
| 48% | CHEAT | 5 | With 4-Down, time to eat brownies during a diet |
| 47% | GREEN | 5 | With 4-Down, growing sector of the economy focused on addressing climate change |
| 47% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | With 12-Down, locale of the 4-Down |
| 47% | ANTHONY | 7 | With 38-Across, star of 4-/60-Down |
| 46% | THRICE | 6 | 4 Down times 3 |
| 46% | LYRICS | 6 | What Lerner teamed with 4 Down for |
| 45% | ALLTHELETTERS | 13 | With 14-Down, feature of this puzzle repeated three times |
| 45% | ACRE | 4 | Equivalent of 4,840 square yards |
| 45% | VERY | 4 | With 4-Across, opposite of seldom |