| 100% | RARE | 4 | With 43-Across, yttrium or scandium |
| 57% | DAGWOOD | 7 | With 43 Across, Cookie's parents |
| 57% | SKETCH | 6 | With 43 Across, art store purchase |
| 56% | LIAM | 4 | With 43 Across, ''Schindler's List'' star |
| 56% | UNITED | 6 | With 43-Across, America ... or what 18-, 23-, 53- and 63-Across contain, briefly |
| 56% | MARY | 4 | With 43 Across, Supporting Actress (''Melvin and Howard'') |
| 54% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 49% | ALL | 3 | With 43-Across, sane |
| 49% | MORE | 4 | With 43-Across, approximately |
| 49% | NEAT | 4 | With 43-Across, shipshape |
| 48% | ADIOS | 5 | With 15 or 28 Across, oater farewell |
| 48% | PENNY | 5 | With 43-Across, small wagers |
| 48% | RADIAL | 6 | With 43-Across, Michelin product |
| 48% | THICKEN | 7 | With 43-Across, Coagulate * Galley |
| 48% | RED | 3 | With 36 Across, accountant's need, or bane |
| 47% | BLOW | 4 | With 43-Across, use bubble gum? |
| 47% | THE | 3 | With 43-Across, comic book superhero |
| 47% | TRUE | 4 | With 43-Across, kind of test |
| 47% | DOYOUNEED | 9 | With 43-Across, "What is it?" |
| 47% | THE | 3 | With 43-Across, feeling often fought |
| 47% | ROSE | 4 | With 43-Across, some perfume ingredients |
| 47% | ITE | 3 | Suffix with 43-Across |
| 47% | CHESS | 5 | Game with 43-across |
| 47% | CIRCLELETTERSTO | 15 | Step 2: With 43- and 55-Across, do this in the grid (scrambled or not) ... it works for almost anyone! |
| 46% | SWEDISH | 7 | With 43-Across, description of 1-Across |
| 46% | FALALALALA | 10 | With 43-Across, 21-Across chorus line |
| 46% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 46% | TIRE | 4 | With 43-Across, leaver of a mark |
| 46% | INK | 3 | With 43-Across, part of a squid |
| 46% | SMOKE | 5 | With 43-Across, 1973 Deep Purple hit? |