| 100% | TALK | 4 | With 41-Across, discuss |
| 83% | HAHN | 4 | With 41 Across, German chemist |
| 81% | ONE | 3 | With 41 Across, a vitamin brand |
| 80% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 41 Across, be a snowbird, say |
| 75% | TRAFFIC | 7 | With 41 Across, red (top) and green (bottom) street-corner devices |
| 72% | TWOHUNDREDTH | 12 | With 41 and 55 Across, what 15 Across is |
| 71% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 70% | TAKEA | 5 | With 41-Across, relax |
| 68% | SNO | 3 | With 41-Across, Nestle nonpareil |
| 68% | WAITA | 5 | With 41-Across, "Hang on ..." |
| 68% | LIFE | 4 | With 41-Across, generational sequence |
| 68% | EVIL | 4 | With 41-Across, malevolent look |
| 68% | SEE | 3 | With 41-Across, teeter-totter |
| 67% | RANSOM | 6 | With 41-Across, kidnapper's correspondence |
| 67% | END | 3 | With 41-Across, go out nicely |
| 67% | BLACKCAT | 8 | With 41-Across, no-no #2 |
| 67% | TRICK | 5 | With 41-Across, one bending unexpectedly? |
| 67% | LLANIGNIOG | 10 | With 41-Across, proceeding willy-nilly |
| 67% | JOSH | 4 | With 41-Across, "Frozen" voice actor |
| 67% | JEAN | 4 | With 41-Across, "Cloud Shepherd" Dadaist |
| 66% | RAINING | 7 | With 41-Across, title for this puzzle |
| 66% | AIR | 3 | With 41-Across, it makes short hops |
| 66% | LEI | 3 | With 41-Across, annual May 1 celebration |
| 66% | DOCTOR | 6 | With 41-Across, Sherlock Holmes's confidant |
| 66% | ANNE | 4 | With 41-Across, "Wag the Dog" costar |
| 66% | WASHING | 7 | With 41-Across, cleaning second-story panes |
| 66% | BEE | 3 | Insect associated with 41-Across |
| 65% | THREEDAYS | 9 | With 41-Across, tag line for 64-Across |
| 64% | OLD | 3 | With 41-Across, one you go way back with |
| 63% | BENDOVER | 8 | With 41-Across, make every effort to be accommodating |