| 100% | ENTR | 4 | With 44-Across, intermission |
| 80% | THEHATFIELDS | 12 | With 44 Across, legendary Southern feuding families |
| 80% | POLITICSIS | 10 | With 44 Across, Will Rogers on parties |
| 80% | IMMEDIATELY | 11 | Without delay, with 44 Across |
| 69% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 68% | OLD | 3 | With 44-Across, a veteran |
| 68% | GENE | 4 | With 44-Across, Champion rider |
| 67% | ODD | 3 | With 44-Across, handyman's task |
| 67% | COP | 3 | With 44-Across, bargain for leniency |
| 67% | TOP | 3 | With 44-Across, Hanna-Barbera feline |
| 67% | FOOD | 4 | With 44-Across, post-meal lethargy |
| 67% | STER | 4 | Suffix with 44-Across |
| 66% | ONION | 5 | With 44-Across, hot sandwich go-with |
| 66% | FATS | 4 | With 44-Across, "Ain't Misbehavin" songwriter |
| 66% | AVE | 3 | With 44-Across, a traditional Catholic prayer |
| 66% | DRAWANDONE | 10 | With 44-Across, execute, in a way |
| 66% | HUGH | 4 | With 44-Across, founder of Playboy magazine |
| 66% | STAIRWAY | 8 | With 44-Across, 1971 Led Zeppelin hit |
| 66% | BENNY | 5 | With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic |
| 66% | DEL | 3 | With 44-Across, "Summertime Sadness" singer Lana |
| 66% | EAR | 3 | With 44-Across, astronaut's homecoming vehicle |
| 66% | JOETHEBARTENDER | 15 | Comedy sketch with 44-Across |
| 65% | SAPS | 4 | With 44-Across, 1940 Laurel and Hardy film |
| 65% | TALKLIKEA | 9 | With 44-Across, annual celebration on 9/19 |
| 65% | HENRY | 5 | With 44-Across, hitter of 755 home runs |
| 65% | ARABIAN | 7 | With 44-Across, Middle Eastern body of water |
| 65% | BIG | 3 | With 44-Across, it goes around every hour |
| 65% | PIE | 3 | With 44-Across, holder for a Thanksgiving dessert |
| 65% | CEDAR | 5 | With 44-Across, Iowa’s second-largest city |
| 64% | POI | 3 | Luau staple made with 44-Across |