| 100% | HOV | 3 | With 40-Across, car pooler's perk |
| 60% | INTWOWORDS | 10 | With 40 Across, Goldwyn's ''No way!'' |
| 54% | TUNA | 4 | With 40 Across, diner orders |
| 52% | SHRIMP | 6 | With 40 Across, seafood dish with garlic |
| 51% | MISTER | 6 | With 40 Across, Hanks' role in 17/64 Across |
| 51% | THEALIENAND | 11 | With 40 Across, historic rules for subduing UFO occupants? |
| 50% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 40 Across, bearded VIP with a February 12th birthday |
| 50% | THANKSFOR | 9 | With 40-Across, 8-Across's signature song |
| 49% | SMELLSLIKE | 10 | With 40-Across, Nirvana's biggest hit: 2 wds. |
| 49% | FISTBUMPOR | 10 | With 40 and 64 Across, congratulatory choices |
| 48% | ARAL | 4 | With 40-Across, onetime world's fourth-largest lake |
| 46% | BOXED | 5 | With 40-Across, party supplies found in this puzzle's four corners |
| 46% | HOUSE | 5 | With 40-Across, critic's positive review of a Fox medical drama? |
| 46% | HOV | 3 | Car pooler's letters |
| 45% | NEW | 3 | With 40-Across, modern |
| 45% | STRONG | 6 | With 40-Across, coerce |
| 45% | LAID | 4 | With 40-Across, exposed |
| 45% | RODS | 4 | With 40-Across, racers |
| 45% | CRAPS | 5 | With 40-Across, casino fixture |
| 45% | GIVE | 4 | With 40-Across, tip off |
| 45% | TREND | 5 | With 40-Across, a fad |
| 45% | HEAD | 4 | With 40-Across, a firebrand |
| 45% | BEDS | 4 | With 40-Across, garden sites |
| 45% | LUPITA | 6 | With 40-Across, "Sulwe" author |
| 45% | SOLAR | 5 | With 40-Across, juice choice |
| 45% | TRA | 3 | With 40-Across, singing syllables |
| 45% | XXX | 3 | With 40-Across, male mouser |
| 45% | ITS | 3 | With 40-Across, a chorus line ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | COLIN | 5 | With 40-Across, "Orange County" star who played a cop on FX's "Fargo" |
| 44% | TESLA | 5 | Car company with the models S and X |