| 100% | HEATHERHAS | 10 | With 42-Across, Lesléa Newman book |
| 60% | FLYMETO | 7 | With 42 Across, Sinatra tune |
| 59% | NEVERSKIP | 9 | With 42 Across, dietician's advice |
| 57% | JUNIPER | 7 | With 42 Across, they give gin its flavor |
| 57% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
| 56% | CLIPPED | 7 | With 42 Across, prepared to save at the grocery |
| 54% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 51% | REAL | 4 | With 27-Across, novel by 42-Across that was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize |
| 51% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
| 51% | ONE | 3 | With 42-Across, birdie? |
| 51% | ONE | 3 | With 42-Across, bogey? |
| 51% | MONEY | 5 | With 42-Across, financier |
| 51% | MORE | 4 | With 42-Across, Somewhat |
| 50% | LENDA | 5 | With 42-Across, help out |
| 50% | SULFURIC | 8 | With 42-Across, corrosive substances |
| 50% | SEA | 3 | With 42-Across, Wash. hub |
| 49% | BLACK | 5 | With 42-Across, a famous pirate |
| 49% | RED | 3 | With 42-Across, "Little" storybook character |
| 49% | SANG | 4 | With 42-Across, coolness of mind |
| 49% | LIANE | 5 | With 42-Across, an NPR host |
| 49% | BEE | 3 | With 42-Across, "Stayin' Alive" band |
| 49% | YOGA | 4 | With 42-Across, surface for shavasana |
| 48% | REFERENCE | 9 | With 52 Across, helpful person where books are borrowed |
| 48% | COCA | 4 | With 42-Across, a popular 1886 creation |
| 48% | GLADTOBEOF | 10 | With 42-Across, helpful person's line |
| 48% | NEWYORK | 7 | With 42-Across, Frank Sinatra signature song |
| 48% | YOKO | 4 | With 42-Across, Beatle bride of 1969 |
| 48% | ANTS | 4 | With 42-Across, source of restless anticipation |
| 48% | IGGY | 4 | With 42-Across, "Lust for Life" singer |
| 47% | COIN | 4 | With 42-Across, starts of pro football games |