| 100% | ORONO | 5 | With 44-Across, home of a major Northeast university |
| 49% | KNICKKNACK | 10 | With 44-Across, part of a children's song refrain |
| 49% | HENRY | 5 | With 44-Across, hitter of 755 home runs |
| 48% | BONNIE | 6 | With 44-Across, female half of a 1930s crime duo |
| 46% | SILVER | 6 | With 44-Across, bit of consolation ... or a feature of this puzzle's grid? |
| 45% | POTENTIALCONSEQUENCES | 21 | With 44-, 63-, 77- and 93-Across, a long-winded piece of advice |
| 45% | NEMEA | 5 | Home of a famous lion with razor-sharp claws |
| 45% | NEMEA | 5 | Home of a mythical lion with nearly impenetrable fur |
| 44% | LAREDO | 6 | Home of Texas A&M International University |
| 43% | BARRY | 5 | With 44-Across, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" soul singer with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TOWNANDGOWN | 11 | Of a university's relationship with its surroundings |
| 43% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 43% | KAMALA | 6 | With 5-Across, first woman of color on a national major-party ticket |
| 42% | MIDDLE | 6 | With 44-Down, educational stage ... or a hint to the contents of 18-, 22-, 47- and 53-Across |
| 42% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 42% | GERARD | 6 | With 32-Across, "300" actor who earned a law degree from the University of Glasgow |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 41% | OLD | 3 | With 44-Across, a veteran |
| 41% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 40% | DEAN | 4 | University staffer with a "list" of top students |
| 40% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 40% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of a major-league team with a name that's out of this world? |
| 40% | BARRY | 5 | With 55-Across, Major League Baseball star with a record 762 home runs |
| 40% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 40% | TYLER | 5 | City with a University of Texas campus |
| 40% | HUGH | 4 | With 44-Across, founder of Playboy magazine |
| 40% | AIRBNB | 6 | Website with a lot of home pages? |
| 40% | AVE | 3 | With 44-Across, a traditional Catholic prayer |
| 39% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a longtime Yankee with nearly 700 career home runs: Hyph. |
| 39% | THETHIRTEEN | 11 | With 111 Across, historic home remedies that started a movement? |