| 100% | HAKUNA | 6 | With 42-Down, Swahili phrase meaning "no worries" |
| 46% | EKE | 3 | With 42 Down, barely make |
| 46% | TED | 3 | With 42 Down, "Cheers" actor |
| 44% | MELISSA | 7 | With 42 Down, "The Fighter" Oscar winner |
| 44% | MATATA | 6 | Hakuna ___ (Swahili phrase meaning "no problems") |
| 43% | THE | 3 | With 42 Down, Palme d'Or winner for 1993 |
| 43% | MATATA | 6 | No worries in Swahili, hakuna __ |
| 41% | AUFAIT | 6 | French phrase meaning familiar with |
| 40% | IDIOM | 5 | Phrase with a figurative meaning |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | With 12-Down, phrase meaning “served with ice cream” |
| 39% | OHME | 4 | With 34 Down, a worried cry |
| 38% | VERBIAGE | 8 | Convoluted language with no meaning |
| 38% | ATHENS | 6 | With 42-Down, 2004 site |
| 38% | DES | 3 | With 42-Down, Midwestern capital |
| 37% | UPATREE | 7 | Stuck, with no easy way down |
| 37% | OLD | 3 | With 42-Down, out-of-date |
| 37% | LEAD | 4 | With 42-Down, literally, control completely |
| 37% | LIT | 3 | With 42-Down, college course, slangily |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | With 42-Down, like some bobsleds |
| 37% | SNOW | 4 | With 42-Down, stir-fry veggie |
| 37% | ICS | 3 | Suffix with 42-Down |
| 37% | UPATREE | 7 | Stuck, with no way to get down |
| 36% | STRAPLESS | 9 | Dress with no visible means of support |
| 36% | ETTA | 4 | With 42-Down, old Paul Robinson comic |
| 36% | GENE | 4 | With 42-Down, "Frosty the Snowman" singer |
| 36% | THE | 3 | With 42-Down, "Stayin' Alive" disco trio |
| 36% | TRA | 3 | With 42-Down, nonsense syllables in a song |
| 36% | PLATDU | 6 | With 42-Down, restaurant dish of the day |
| 36% | LEE | 3 | With 42-Down, "Halt and Catch Fire" actor |
| 35% | GMBH | 4 | German phrase which means "company with limited liability": Abbr. |