| 100% | OLD | 3 | With 44-Across, a veteran |
| 74% | AVE | 3 | With 44-Across, a traditional Catholic prayer |
| 71% | DRAWANDONE | 10 | With 44-Across, execute, in a way |
| 69% | ORONO | 5 | With 44-Across, home of a major Northeast university |
| 69% | BANKERS | 7 | With 44-Across, it may lead to a seizure |
| 68% | KNICKKNACK | 10 | With 44-Across, part of a children's song refrain |
| 68% | BONNIE | 6 | With 44-Across, female half of a 1930s crime duo |
| 67% | LONDON | 6 | *With 44-Across, rhyme with a broken span |
| 66% | GOODSHIP | 8 | With 44-Across, boat in a song by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | LAMAR | 5 | With 44-Across, N.B.A. player once married to a Kardashian |
| 64% | IMMEDIATELY | 11 | Without delay, with 44 Across |
| 64% | BOXED | 5 | With 44-Across, Valentine's Day gift ... or a hint to the shaded squares |
| 63% | POTENTIALCONSEQUENCES | 21 | With 44-, 63-, 77- and 93-Across, a long-winded piece of advice |
| 61% | MARRIEDWITH | 11 | With 44-Across, long-running Fox comedy starring Christina Applegate as a sex-obsessed teenager: 2 wds. |
| 59% | BARRY | 5 | With 44-Across, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" soul singer with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 59% | SHA | 3 | With 44-Down, a 1974 Al Green hit |
| 59% | LIME | 4 | With 56 Across, a summer cooler |
| 59% | KEY | 3 | With 52 Across, a Florida attraction |
| 58% | EVERYBODYS | 10 | With 44-Across, novel by 12-Across that was made into a 1988 movie starring Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange |
| 58% | MIDDLE | 6 | With 44-Down, educational stage ... or a hint to the contents of 18-, 22-, 47- and 53-Across |
| 58% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 58% | IRONMAN | 7 | 44-Across song that shares its title with a Robert Downey, Jr. superhero film: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ENTR | 4 | With 44-Across, intermission |
| 55% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 55% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 55% | GENE | 4 | With 44-Across, Champion rider |
| 55% | GEISHA | 6 | Hostess with a 46 Across |
| 55% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 54% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 54% | ODD | 3 | With 44-Across, handyman's task |