| 100% | VIS | 3 | With 4-Down, in relation to |
| 77% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 76% | ART | 3 | With 4-Down, sketchy thing to take in school? |
| 73% | BRAKE | 5 | With 4-Down, what may be cut to sabotage a car in movies |
| 69% | LCM | 3 | 20, in relation to 4, 5, and 10: abbr. |
| 65% | MUST | 4 | With 4-Down, are forbidden to |
| 63% | PLANNED | 7 | With 4-Down, alternative to free enterprise |
| 63% | LEGAL | 5 | With 4-Down, payment to an attorney |
| 63% | GABRIELLE | 9 | With 4-Down, congresswoman in 2011 news |
| 63% | CRIED | 5 | With 4-Down, threw in the towel |
| 62% | CUSS | 4 | With 4-Down, upbraid in no uncertain terms |
| 62% | CORN | 4 | With 4-Down, farm attraction in autumn months |
| 62% | THEDESCENTOFMAN | 15 | Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-Down |
| 61% | PRY | 3 | With 4-Down, use a crowbar to remove, say |
| 61% | THE | 3 | With 4-Down, last two words in a story |
| 61% | LIFE | 4 | With 4-Down, nifty everyday shortcut, in modern parlance |
| 61% | KOI | 3 | With 4-Down, natural habitat in some office lobbies |
| 60% | VISAVIS | 7 | In relation to |
| 60% | CHEAT | 5 | With 4-Down, time to eat brownies during a diet |
| 60% | CANDY | 5 | With 4-Down, it may hang next to an ornament |
| 60% | HORSE | 5 | With 4-Down, Sovereignty won two big ones in 2025 |
| 60% | MILEY | 5 | With 4-Down, “Party in the U.S.A.” singer |
| 59% | FINANCIALLY | 11 | In relation to money |
| 59% | LOUIS | 5 | With 4-Down, monarch with the longest verifiable reign in history |
| 59% | SETH | 4 | With 4-Down, actor who plays Steve Wozniak in "Steve Jobs" |
| 59% | ORO | 3 | In relation to the mountains |
| 58% | GLASS | 5 | With 4 Down, transparent swimmer |
| 58% | BATH | 4 | With 4 Down, Neutrogena product |
| 58% | MUSIC | 5 | With 4-Down, classic Broadway show set in River City, with "The" |
| 58% | LOLA | 4 | Girl in a Manilow song with "a dress cut down to there" |