| 100% | SANG | 4 | With 42-Across, coolness of mind |
| 68% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 63% | YOKO | 4 | With 42-Across, Beatle bride of 1969 |
| 62% | COIN | 4 | With 42-Across, starts of pro football games |
| 61% | RORSCHACH | 9 | With 42-Across, part of a psychologist's battery |
| 58% | FLYMETO | 7 | With 42 Across, Sinatra tune |
| 58% | ONE | 3 | With 42-Across, usual result of a leadoff batter getting three strikes |
| 57% | NEVERSKIP | 9 | With 42 Across, dietician's advice |
| 57% | SHELOOKSSO | 10 | With 42-Across, 2014 debut single by 5 Seconds of Summer: 3 wds. |
| 57% | SONICTHE | 8 | With 42-Across, speedy blue title character of a 2020 film: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ANCIENT | 7 | With 42-Across, subject of the poem that contains the line 17-/65-Across |
| 56% | JUNIPER | 7 | With 42 Across, they give gin its flavor |
| 55% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
| 55% | CLIPPED | 7 | With 42 Across, prepared to save at the grocery |
| 54% | PHARRELL | 8 | With 42-Across, "Happy" singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 |
| 52% | PLATDU | 6 | With 42-Down, restaurant dish of the day |
| 51% | SMOKEYAND | 9 | With 35-Across, highest-grossing film of 42-Across's career (2 wds.) |
| 51% | TEN | 3 | Bill with a portrait of 42-Across |
| 50% | SILENT | 6 | With 63 Across, source of quote |
| 50% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 50% | BARACK | 6 | With 9 Across, winner of 2008 |
| 50% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 50% | SEAN | 4 | With 25 Across, subject of quote |
| 50% | YOGI | 4 | With 36 Across, source of quote |
| 50% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 51 Across, source of quote |
| 50% | BED | 3 | With 70-Across, what the end of 17-, 33-, 42- or 63-Across describes |
| 50% | ELON | 4 | With 23 Across, CEO of 15 Across |
| 50% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 50% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 50% | SOMECELEBRITIESYOUCAN | 21 | With 115 Across, theme of this puzzle |