| 100% | TIRE | 4 | With 43-Across, leaver of a mark |
| 72% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 68% | INK | 3 | With 43-Across, part of a squid |
| 59% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 57% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 56% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 55% | SPLOTCH | 7 | Mark with a stain of color |
| 54% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 53% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 53% | TRUE | 4 | With 43-Across, kind of test |
| 53% | SWEDISH | 7 | With 43-Across, description of 1-Across |
| 53% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 52% | COROLLA | 7 | 43-Across that shares its name with part of a flower |
| 52% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 52% | DEATH | 5 | With 141 Across, big target of a Rebel Alliance mission |
| 52% | THERESSOMETHING | 15 | With 97 Across, working title of a Gore Vidal film? |
| 52% | LASH | 4 | With 43-Across, a 1940's movie cowboy |
| 51% | THEWAROF | 8 | With 43-Across, panic-inducing production of 61-Across |
| 51% | JUSSIE | 6 | With 43-Across, portrayer of Jamal Lyon on "Empire" |
| 51% | MAN | 3 | With 43-Across, strength needed for a team job |
| 51% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 51% | HOV | 3 | Kind of lane marked with a diamond |
| 51% | PIG | 3 | Inhabitant of a 43-Across |
| 50% | MARYJANE | 8 | Flat style of shoe with a strap across the instep |
| 50% | ICE | 3 | With 43-Across, animated movie featuring a mammoth named Manny |
| 50% | DRIVERS | 7 | With 43-Across, Olivia Rodrigo hit, or a photo ID |
| 50% | ORE | 3 | 1/100 of a 43-Across |
| 49% | SKULL | 5 | Part of a skeleton that was represented in Voldemort's Dark Mark along with a snake |
| 49% | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | 15 | One of a quintet you'll find in this grid, with a bit of deck marking |
| 49% | THISMIGHTSOLVE | 14 | With 43 Across, inspiration encouragement |