| 100% | COURT | 5 | With 44-Down, judge's mandate |
| 65% | SELF | 4 | With 44 Down, very capable on one's own |
| 60% | PINE | 4 | With 44 Down, bat application |
| 60% | DNA | 3 | With 44 Down, genomics tool |
| 60% | TED | 3 | With 44 Down, "Cheers" actor |
| 51% | GOOD | 4 | With 44-Down, kindness |
| 51% | CHINESE | 7 | With 44-Down, yuan? |
| 50% | TENNIS | 6 | With 44-Down, court query |
| 50% | PAN | 3 | With 44-Down, prove successful |
| 50% | ALOE | 4 | With 44-Down, natural balm |
| 50% | TOM | 3 | With 44-Down, fictional prankster |
| 50% | BEAR | 4 | With 44-Down, big embrace |
| 49% | MERLE | 5 | With 44-Down, "Wuthering Heights" actress |
| 49% | KING | 4 | With 44-Down, giant film ape |
| 49% | GRASPING | 8 | With 44-Down, making futile attempts ... and an extra hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | DIRTY | 5 | With 44-Down, Cajun dish with giblets |
| 48% | PRIDE | 5 | With 44-Down, event with rainbow flags |
| 48% | DORIS | 5 | With 44-Down, "Que Sera, Sera" singer |
| 48% | PIA | 3 | With 44-Down, "Butterfly" Golden Globe winner |
| 48% | OFMICE | 6 | With 44-Down, biography of Walt Disney? |
| 48% | SET | 3 | With 44-Down, not subject to change |
| 48% | DRY | 3 | With 44-Down, decay of building timbers |
| 47% | SHA | 3 | With 44-Down, a 1974 Al Green hit |
| 47% | BARCELONA | 9 | With 44-Down, site of the 1992 Olympics |
| 47% | MORSE | 5 | With 44-Down, "key" invention of the 1830s |
| 47% | IONIC | 5 | With 44-Down, features of some Greek architecture |
| 47% | SIXCHARACTERSIN | 15 | With 44-Down, half-dozen real estate agents? |
| 47% | TAPIOCA | 7 | With 44-Down, the "bubble" in bubble tea |
| 47% | SANTA | 5 | With 44-Across, Eartha Kitt Christmas song with the line, "Hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 47% | NOWOR | 5 | With 44-Across, lead single from 4-Down's "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" album: 2 wds. |