| 100% | SNL | 3 | With 45-Across, performance in Studio 8H |
| 58% | TURKEYDINNERWITH | 16 | With 45 Across, what male foxes look forward to in November? |
| 53% | DONTBIGEMPTY | 12 | With 45 Across, a query put to Bob Hope in 1939's The Cat and the Canary |
| 53% | ONE | 3 | With 45-Across, low draw in soccer |
| 53% | SEA | 3 | With 45-Across, Northwest airport, in brief |
| 50% | SANTA | 5 | With 45-Across, largest city in California's wine country |
| 49% | BOHEMIAN | 8 | With 45-Across, 1976 Queen hit used in "Wayne's World" |
| 49% | CHEESE | 6 | With 45-Across, savory topping found in tubs ... and the circled squares? |
| 48% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 45-Across, actress who played Catwoman in the 1992 film "Batman Returns" |
| 47% | ENOUGHTO | 8 | With 45 Across, sufficient quantity for everybody |
| 46% | SNL | 3 | Show filmed in Studio 8H, for short |
| 46% | SNL | 3 | Show shot in Studio 8H, for short |
| 46% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 45-Across, "Silver Linings Playbook" Oscar winner who stars in 21-Across and 37-Across |
| 46% | SIGNALING | 9 | . . . on a football field, with 45 Across |
| 45% | SNL | 3 | Weekly show filmed in Studio 8H, for short |
| 45% | MINCE | 5 | With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do? |
| 44% | SNL | 3 | Weekly show famously filmed in Studio 8H, in brief |
| 42% | JOSEPH | 6 | With 14- and 45-Across, "Inception" actor who stars in 49-Across |
| 42% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 42% | CHIA | 4 | With 65 Across, morsel in a smoothie |
| 42% | DOESNTKNOW | 10 | With 73 Across, is in ignorance regarding |
| 41% | FISHOUT | 7 | With 49 Across, person in an unaccustomed environment |
| 41% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | With 63-Across, extra holiday pay ... or what's in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| 41% | SANTA | 5 | With 45-Across, hot winds |
| 41% | SHE | 3 | With 45-Across, pronoun pair |
| 40% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Manchester by the Sea" Oscar nominee who played the title dancer in 45-Across |
| 40% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 40% | DERRY | 5 | With 11 Across, sitcom set in Northern Ireland |
| 40% | ALCOVE | 6 | Vocal performance with energy in recess |
| 40% | VIE | 3 | With 45-Across, try to get |