| 100% | ORONO | 5 | With 40-Down, Down East university town |
| 53% | ORONO | 5 | Down East college town |
| 52% | PUERTO | 6 | With 40 Down, American commonwealth |
| 50% | DEV | 3 | With 40 Down, group that builds apps |
| 50% | ORONO | 5 | Down East town |
| 49% | DEVILED | 7 | With 40 Down, hard-boiled hors d'oeuvre |
| 49% | ESCAPE | 6 | Houdini et al., with 40 Down |
| 47% | BROOKINGSSD | 11 | University town with ZIP code 57006 |
| 43% | EASE | 4 | With 40-Down, enter gradually |
| 43% | ABE | 3 | With 40-Down, "Honest" prez |
| 42% | DOT | 3 | With 40-Down, a modern company |
| 42% | GAS | 3 | With 40-Down, H+, e.g. |
| 42% | OZONE | 5 | With 40-Down, depleted atmospheric region |
| 42% | ANNE | 4 | With 40-Down, popular fashion label |
| 41% | TED | 3 | With 40-Down, big name in Massachusetts |
| 41% | SALEMS | 6 | With 40-Down, a 1975 horror novel |
| 41% | NEOLITHIC | 9 | With 40-Down, late Stone Age period |
| 41% | IPA | 3 | Beverage made with 40-Down |
| 41% | ABILENE | 7 | US university town in central Texas associated with the oil refining industry |
| 40% | SANTA | 5 | With 40-Down, seat of Orange County, Calif. |
| 40% | ALE | 3 | With 40-Down, something tapped at a pub |
| 40% | ERODE | 5 | Wear down that woman in East End with poem |
| 40% | PEN | 3 | With 40-Down, friend you may have never met |
| 40% | JOAQUIN | 7 | With 40-Down, Oscar-nominated player of 17-Across |
| 40% | SRI | 3 | With 40-Down, island country in the Indian Ocean |
| 39% | ORONO | 5 | With 36-Down, New England college town |
| 39% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 40-Down, film that opened on 12/16/1962 |
| 38% | ANN | 3 | With 11-Down, Michigan college town |
| 38% | SCHIO | 5 | Town in Vicenza, Italy east of Lake Garda associated with the wool industry |
| 38% | SCHIO | 5 | Town in Vicenza, Italy, east of Lake Garda associated with the wool industry |