| 100% | CONKED | 6 | With 46-Across, quit working |
| 65% | MOELARRY | 8 | With 46 Across, the Three Stooges |
| 65% | STOPSTARING | 11 | With 46 Across, modern ''Pay attention!'' |
| 65% | ELIHU | 5 | With 46 Across, Ivy League benefactor |
| 64% | FROMRAGS | 8 | With 46 Across, full-range, wealth-wise |
| 62% | TUNAFISH | 8 | With 46 Across, bread with a ''chunk light'' filling |
| 62% | CARVEOUT | 8 | With 46 Across, make room on one's schedule |
| 59% | RESIGN | 6 | Quit work formally with a silent letter "g" |
| 56% | OLD | 3 | With 46-Across, stale |
| 55% | HEA | 3 | With 46-Across, bereft, literally |
| 55% | ROSS | 4 | With 46-Across, Antarctic waters |
| 54% | MUD | 3 | With 46-Across, marsh-dwelling bird |
| 54% | TRYNOTTOGET | 11 | With 46-Across, cautionary reply #2 |
| 54% | TAR | 3 | With 46-Across, prehistoric animal preserver |
| 54% | SIDNEY | 6 | With 46-Across, late, legendary director |
| 54% | THERESSOMETHING | 15 | With 97 Across, working title of a Gore Vidal film? |
| 54% | WHEREDIDWEGO | 12 | With 38 Across, 57 Across' lament in 46 Across |
| 53% | KARA | 4 | With 24 Across, artist known for her silhouette work |
| 53% | BOBA | 4 | With 46-Across, noncarbonated drink with bubbles |
| 53% | DUCK | 4 | With 46-Across, "It ain't hard!" |
| 53% | APRES | 5 | With 46-Across, socializing at the lodge |
| 53% | CRIER | 5 | Colonial figure with 46-Across |
| 52% | RON | 3 | With 46-Across, a successor to Buster Crabbe |
| 52% | JENNY | 5 | With 46-Across, program pitched by Queen Latifah |
| 51% | WILLIAM | 7 | With 46-Across, Captain Kirk on 5-/58-Across |
| 51% | LOGAN | 5 | With 46-Across, 2017 heist film starring 1-Across |
| 51% | BENJAMIN | 8 | With 46-Across, a founder of the United States |
| 51% | RITA | 4 | With 46-Across, current judge on "The Masked Singer" |
| 50% | GEISHA | 6 | Hostess with a 46 Across |
| 50% | STEPS | 5 | With 22-Across, quits dragging |