| 100% | PENNY | 5 | With 43-Across, small wagers |
| 56% | ALL | 3 | With 43-Across, sane |
| 56% | MORE | 4 | With 43-Across, approximately |
| 55% | RADIAL | 6 | With 43-Across, Michelin product |
| 55% | THICKEN | 7 | With 43-Across, Coagulate * Galley |
| 54% | BLOW | 4 | With 43-Across, use bubble gum? |
| 54% | THE | 3 | With 43-Across, comic book superhero |
| 54% | RARE | 4 | With 43-Across, yttrium or scandium |
| 54% | DOYOUNEED | 9 | With 43-Across, "What is it?" |
| 54% | ITE | 3 | Suffix with 43-Across |
| 54% | CHESS | 5 | Game with 43-across |
| 53% | SWEDISH | 7 | With 43-Across, description of 1-Across |
| 53% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 53% | TIRE | 4 | With 43-Across, leaver of a mark |
| 53% | INK | 3 | With 43-Across, part of a squid |
| 53% | SMOKE | 5 | With 43-Across, 1973 Deep Purple hit? |
| 52% | LASH | 4 | With 43-Across, a 1940's movie cowboy |
| 52% | GOINGIN | 7 | With 43-Across, what this puzzle is doing |
| 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% | WHENALL | 7 | With 43- and 48-Across, everything considered |
| 50% | TIMETOHITTHEHAY | 15 | With 43-Across, line spoken by the show's star |
| 50% | WALKON | 6 | With 43-Across, Lou Reed's signature song: 2 wds. |
| 50% | FINALMAJORWORKOF | 16 | With 43-Down, what 23-/29-Across was |
| 49% | MIRANDA | 7 | With 43-Across, country singer who married Blake Shelton in 2011 |
| 49% | BOBDOLE | 7 | Lead story in tomorrow's newspaper (!), with 43-Across |
| 48% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 48% | IENJOYEDYOURBOOK | 16 | With 43- and 48-Across, a barb to 14-Down |
| 47% | ORANGEISTHE | 11 | With 43-Across, Netflix drama on which 19-Across plays Red: 3 wds. |
| 46% | PIN | 3 | With 45-Across, producer of small acorns |