| 100% | NEWYORK | 7 | With 40-Across, where Broadway is |
| 63% | REFERENCE | 9 | With 52 Across, helpful person where books are borrowed |
| 62% | DOLLAR | 6 | With 88 Across, where the theme goods can be bought these days |
| 59% | NYC | 3 | Where Broadway is: Abbr. |
| 59% | SHADES | 6 | With 40-Across, distinctions that are neither good nor bad... |
| 58% | TUNA | 4 | With 40 Across, diner orders |
| 58% | JOE | 3 | With 40-Across, longtime Jets quarterback who was Super Bowl III MVP |
| 58% | HOME | 4 | With 19-Across, where a baseball catcher is |
| 57% | SHRIMP | 6 | With 40 Across, seafood dish with garlic |
| 57% | INTWOWORDS | 10 | With 40 Across, Goldwyn's ''No way!'' |
| 57% | SOUTH | 5 | With 54-Across, where India is |
| 56% | WILLIE | 6 | With 40-Across, singer/songwriter who, at age 85, is still performing and touring |
| 55% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | With 49-Across, where 17-, 24- and 39-Across are seen |
| 55% | KINGS | 5 | With 101-Across, where this puzzle's enclosed answer is located |
| 55% | MISTER | 6 | With 40 Across, Hanks' role in 17/64 Across |
| 55% | THEALIENAND | 11 | With 40 Across, historic rules for subduing UFO occupants? |
| 54% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 40 Across, bearded VIP with a February 12th birthday |
| 53% | THE | 3 | With 66-Across, where this puzzle's circled things can all be found |
| 53% | OPIUM | 5 | With 34-Across, where laudanum was once enjoyed |
| 53% | FISTBUMPOR | 10 | With 40 and 64 Across, congratulatory choices |
| 53% | PHILIPPINES | 11 | Where the 40-Across was held |
| 52% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 51% | AUGUSTA | 7 | With 45-Across, city where the Masters Tournament has been played since 1934 |
| 51% | HALF | 4 | With 38- and 40-Across, grocery purchase ... or what can be found in some other Across answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 50% | ALTAR | 5 | Where 103 Across are exchanged |
| 50% | MANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, "This Is Us" actress who turned 40 on April 10, 2024 |
| 50% | MARGARET | 8 | With 40-Across, author of the 1936 novel "Gone With the Wind," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie |
| 50% | SKIRUN | 6 | Where 39 Across may be allowed |
| 49% | GYMCLASS | 8 | Where uniforms are worn with sweaters? |