| 100% | BLACK | 5 | With 42-Across, a famous pirate |
| 71% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
| 65% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
| 65% | COCA | 4 | With 42-Across, a popular 1886 creation |
| 61% | RORSCHACH | 9 | With 42-Across, part of a psychologist's battery |
| 60% | TACO | 4 | With 42-Across, time to have a folded Mexican food |
| 59% | REPAIRTOTHE | 11 | With 42-Across, find a relaxed place to sit after dinner |
| 58% | LETSSEEWHATS | 12 | With 90 Across, the most famous line heard on Let's Make a Deer? |
| 58% | FLYMETO | 7 | With 42 Across, Sinatra tune |
| 58% | ONE | 3 | With 42-Across, usual result of a leadoff batter getting three strikes |
| 58% | NEVERSKIP | 9 | With 42 Across, dietician's advice |
| 57% | SONICTHE | 8 | With 42-Across, speedy blue title character of a 2020 film: 2 wds. |
| 56% | DAVID | 5 | With 42-Across, French EDM DJ who had a 2015 hit with "Hey Mama" |
| 56% | JUNIPER | 7 | With 42 Across, they give gin its flavor |
| 56% | BEVEWYVEWYQUIET | 15 | With 58-Across, a famous Elmer Fuddism |
| 56% | ALI | 3 | With 14-Across, a famous "cave man" |
| 55% | CLIPPED | 7 | With 42 Across, prepared to save at the grocery |
| 55% | THETRIP | 7 | With 42-Across, 2013 play revival for which 13-Across won a Tony Award: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SHUFFLE | 7 | With 42-Across, prepare to play cards (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 55% | THEHEARTWANTS | 13 | With 42-Across, Selena Gomez song whose title is also a Woody Allen quote: 3 wds. |
| 53% | RUTHERFORDHAYES | 15 | Famous person with "B" as a 38-Across |
| 52% | BUT | 3 | With 75 Across, a gas |
| 52% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 52% | TRA | 3 | With 42-Down, nonsense syllables in a song |
| 51% | LIME | 4 | With 56 Across, a summer cooler |
| 51% | KEY | 3 | With 52 Across, a Florida attraction |
| 51% | RON | 3 | With 136 Across, a rum brand |
| 51% | YES | 3 | With 89 Across, a confident assent |
| 51% | ONE | 3 | With 41 Across, a vitamin brand |
| 51% | LIFE | 4 | With 127 Across, a popular candy |