| 100% | NEAT | 4 | With 43-Across, shipshape |
| 83% | THISMIGHTSOLVE | 14 | With 43 Across, inspiration encouragement |
| 83% | ILL | 3 | With 43 Across, evil person |
| 81% | DAGWOOD | 7 | With 43 Across, Cookie's parents |
| 81% | SKETCH | 6 | With 43 Across, art store purchase |
| 81% | CONGRESS | 8 | With 43 Across, German Confederation creator |
| 80% | LIAM | 4 | With 43 Across, ''Schindler's List'' star |
| 80% | BUTTONS | 7 | With 43 Across, Oscar song for 1947 |
| 79% | MARY | 4 | With 43 Across, Supporting Actress (''Melvin and Howard'') |
| 76% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 70% | ALL | 3 | With 43-Across, sane |
| 70% | MORE | 4 | With 43-Across, approximately |
| 68% | PENNY | 5 | With 43-Across, small wagers |
| 68% | RADIAL | 6 | With 43-Across, Michelin product |
| 68% | THICKEN | 7 | With 43-Across, Coagulate * Galley |
| 67% | BLOW | 4 | With 43-Across, use bubble gum? |
| 67% | THE | 3 | With 43-Across, comic book superhero |
| 67% | RARE | 4 | With 43-Across, yttrium or scandium |
| 67% | TRUE | 4 | With 43-Across, kind of test |
| 67% | DOYOUNEED | 9 | With 43-Across, "What is it?" |
| 67% | THE | 3 | With 43-Across, feeling often fought |
| 67% | ROSE | 4 | With 43-Across, some perfume ingredients |
| 67% | SEA | 3 | With 43-Across, playful marine mammal |
| 67% | ITE | 3 | Suffix with 43-Across |
| 67% | CHESS | 5 | Game with 43-across |
| 66% | SWEDISH | 7 | With 43-Across, description of 1-Across |
| 66% | FALALALALA | 10 | With 43-Across, 21-Across chorus line |
| 66% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 66% | TIRE | 4 | With 43-Across, leaver of a mark |
| 66% | INK | 3 | With 43-Across, part of a squid |