| 100% | PLEDGE | 6 | With 44- and 51-Across words by Francis Bellamy |
| 47% | SIXTEEN | 7 | With 44-Across, 1984 coming-of-age film written and directed by John Hughes |
| 44% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 43% | EVERYBODYS | 10 | With 44-Across, novel by 12-Across that was made into a 1988 movie starring Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange |
| 43% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 43% | FOILMETHOD | 10 | Technique used to multiply (x+4)(x-5), with the first words of 17-, 25-, 36-, and 44 Across making up its mnemonic |
| 42% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44-Across |
| 42% | CHIEFJUSTICE | 12 | With 39 and 44 Across, the most major magistrate |
| 42% | ABRIEF | 6 | With 38 and 47 Across, best-seller written by 24/49 Across |
| 41% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 40% | LIVEWIRE | 8 | Third and final album recorded with an independent label by 44-Across before signing with Columbia Nashville (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SAPS | 4 | With 44-Across, 1940 Laurel and Hardy film |
| 39% | LORNA | 5 | With 44-Across, 1869 romance by R. D. Blackmore |
| 39% | CRANE | 5 | Word defined by 20-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 51-Across, words before film credits |
| 39% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 39% | NORTHERN | 8 | With 44-Across, birthplace of Rory McIlroy and Jamie Dornan |
| 39% | ANNE | 4 | With 44-Across, Jerry Stiller's wife and comedy partner |
| 39% | FOOLSRUSHIN | 11 | With 36- and 59-Across, words of Alexander Pope |
| 39% | OIL | 3 | With "of" and 51-Across, a facial moisturizer |
| 38% | GOODSHIP | 8 | With 44-Across, boat in a song by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALLABOUT | 8 | With 44-Across, "treble"-shunning 2014 hit by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JUNEIS | 6 | With 4 Down, 26 Across, and 18 Down, "Carousel" song famously slaughtered by Leslie Uggams |
| 37% | POTENTIALCONSEQUENCES | 21 | With 44-, 63-, 77- and 93-Across, a long-winded piece of advice |
| 37% | BEHIND | 6 | With 10- and 65-Across, 1971 hit by the Who |
| 37% | SIC | 3 | Word with a 35-Across before and after it |
| 36% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 36% | KILLERSOF | 9 | With 24- and 28-Across, 2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese |
| 36% | BATMAN | 6 | With 51-Across, roles for 17-, 38- and 62-Across |
| 36% | ITALIAN | 7 | With 55-Across, description of 23-, 36- and 44-Across |