| 100% | FORT | 4 | With 43-Down, storied Bronx station house |
| 49% | EYE | 3 | With 43 Down, hex producer |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | With 60 Down, storied infiltrator of a thieves' den |
| 40% | HUGSAND | 7 | With 43-Down, a complimentary close |
| 40% | BEL | 3 | With 43-Down, très witty person |
| 39% | AMBROSE | 7 | With 43-Down, author of the definition |
| 39% | RAUL | 4 | With 43-Down, a president's brother |
| 39% | HONOR | 5 | With 43-Down, list of superb students |
| 38% | FINALMAJORWORKOF | 16 | With 43-Down, what 23-/29-Across was |
| 38% | LONG | 4 | With 43-Down, one of Owens' signature events |
| 38% | POOL | 4 | With 43-Down, a place for taking shots |
| 38% | TED | 3 | With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond |
| 38% | ALAN | 4 | With 43-Down, "M*A*S*H" star |
| 38% | THANTORECEIVE | 13 | With 2 Down, 36 Across & 43 Across, a Christmas-style maxim |
| 37% | TIM | 3 | With 43-Down, Apple C.E.O. beginning in 2011 |
| 36% | MACH | 4 | With 43-Down, fast car in the "Speed Racer" anime series |
| 35% | ICE | 3 | With 43-Down, 2002 animated movie with Ray Romano voicing a mammoth |
| 35% | SINKING | 7 | With 43-Down, uneasy anticipation ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 35% | IENJOYEDYOURBOOK | 16 | With 43- and 48-Across, a barb to 14-Down |
| 34% | ALAN | 4 | With 43-Down, actor who played Hawkeye Pierce on "M*A*S*H" |
| 34% | TALKINGHEADS | 12 | American New Wave band with the 1983 hit "Burning Down the House": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BURYTHE | 7 | With 43-Down, make peace ... or what you must do to complete this puzzle? |
| 34% | PERPS | 5 | Station house figures |
| 34% | FILMNOIR | 8 | 43 Down genre |
| 34% | NOSE | 4 | 43 Down detector |
| 34% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 33% | LIL | 3 | With 43-Down, rapper with the 2021 #1 hit "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" |
| 33% | ALL | 3 | With 43-Across, sane |
| 33% | MORE | 4 | With 43-Across, approximately |
| 33% | NEAT | 4 | With 43-Across, shipshape |