| 100% | LONG | 4 | With 43-Down, one of Owens' signature events |
| 48% | MOPERS | 6 | Ones with a lot of down time? |
| 47% | AMBROSE | 7 | With 43-Down, author of the definition |
| 47% | HONOR | 5 | With 43-Down, list of superb students |
| 46% | TED | 3 | With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond |
| 44% | MARRIEDUP | 9 | Settled down with someone out of one's league, in slang |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | With 43 Down, hex producer |
| 43% | BILLIONAIRE | 11 | One with lots of 2-Down |
| 42% | THEENDISJUST | 12 | With 43-Across, "When one door closes, another door opens," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | BALE | 4 | Gareth ___, Welsh soccer player who is one of the most followed athletes on Instagram with over 43 million followers |
| 41% | CAPTAIN | 7 | With 3-Down, one of the Avengers |
| 41% | GRISSOM | 7 | One of 10 down |
| 41% | SANTA | 5 | With 51-Down, one of three historic ships |
| 41% | SLOPE | 5 | Destination of one with a 24-Down |
| 40% | ARAB | 4 | One of the 24 Down |
| 40% | BONOBO | 6 | One of the 2 Down |
| 40% | NEON | 4 | One of the 35 Down |
| 40% | SAML | 4 | With 72-Down, a signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| 40% | SGT | 3 | One of the 34 Down: Abbr. |
| 40% | LEG | 3 | One of a 10 Down sextet |
| 39% | OAK | 3 | One of four planted by Jesse Owens |
| 39% | SLOTH | 5 | One of a septet of 50 Down |
| 39% | INCH | 4 | One of 360 for a first down |
| 39% | SQUAREFOOT | 10 | One of 43,560 in an acre |
| 39% | TEX | 3 | One of two sts. with bordering panhandles |
| 39% | DOC | 3 | One of the dwarves with Snow White |
| 39% | BUMPERSTICKER | 13 | One of many that begin with "Honk" |
| 39% | WHOOPIAUBERG | 12 | One of four women with an EGOT |
| 39% | TRUE | 4 | With 43-Across, kind of test |
| 38% | CLOCKS | 6 | One of Coldplay's well-timed signature songs |