| 100% | TRICK | 5 | With 41-Across, one bending unexpectedly? |
| 63% | OLD | 3 | With 41-Across, one you go way back with |
| 58% | HAHN | 4 | With 41 Across, German chemist |
| 57% | ONE | 3 | With 41 Across, a vitamin brand |
| 56% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 41 Across, be a snowbird, say |
| 53% | TRAFFIC | 7 | With 41 Across, red (top) and green (bottom) street-corner devices |
| 53% | MOM | 3 | One in a union with 41-Across |
| 51% | SANTA | 5 | With 27 Across, one gifted guy? |
| 51% | TWOHUNDREDTH | 12 | With 41 and 55 Across, what 15 Across is |
| 50% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 50% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 49% | TAKEA | 5 | With 41-Across, relax |
| 49% | TALK | 4 | With 41-Across, discuss |
| 48% | SNO | 3 | With 41-Across, Nestle nonpareil |
| 48% | WAITA | 5 | With 41-Across, "Hang on ..." |
| 48% | LIFE | 4 | With 41-Across, generational sequence |
| 48% | EVIL | 4 | With 41-Across, malevolent look |
| 48% | SEE | 3 | With 41-Across, teeter-totter |
| 48% | BEST | 4 | With 52 Across, one who may give a wedding speech |
| 48% | EMMY | 4 | With 18 Across, one up for a prestigious television honor |
| 47% | RANSOM | 6 | With 41-Across, kidnapper's correspondence |
| 47% | END | 3 | With 41-Across, go out nicely |
| 47% | BLACKCAT | 8 | With 41-Across, no-no #2 |
| 47% | LLANIGNIOG | 10 | With 41-Across, proceeding willy-nilly |
| 47% | JOSH | 4 | With 41-Across, "Frozen" voice actor |
| 47% | JEAN | 4 | With 41-Across, "Cloud Shepherd" Dadaist |
| 47% | CARVEOUT | 8 | With 46 Across, make room on one's schedule |
| 46% | INSURANCECLAIM | 14 | What one with a bent fender files |
| 46% | RAINING | 7 | With 41-Across, title for this puzzle |
| 46% | AIR | 3 | With 41-Across, it makes short hops |