| 100% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 48-Across, "sweet" expression about consequences |
| 80% | YOUCANTHAVEYOUR | 15 | With 58-Across, "sweet" expression about consequences |
| 53% | OMEGA | 5 | Symbol associated with 48 Across |
| 48% | FRUIT | 5 | With 14 Across, sweet summer beverage |
| 46% | NOT | 3 | With 48-Across, mediocre |
| 46% | ATNO | 4 | With 48-Across, never |
| 45% | SMOKED | 6 | With 48-Across, deli item |
| 45% | AINT | 4 | With 48-Across, "... and that ___!" |
| 45% | CREEPS | 6 | With 48-Across, enters stealthily |
| 45% | HEARTS | 6 | With 48-Across, deepest longing |
| 45% | LEMON | 5 | With 48-Across, fish dish |
| 44% | JEANIEWITH | 10 | With 99 Across, song about a carnival attraction? |
| 44% | ADOBE | 5 | With 48-Across, popular computer product |
| 44% | SURVEY | 6 | With 48-Across, "Family Feud" material |
| 44% | CUTS | 4 | With 48-Across, stops wasting time |
| 44% | ICE | 3 | With 48-Across, cousin of sleet |
| 44% | OWNERS | 6 | Those with 48-Acrosses |
| 44% | TOMORROWISALONG | 15 | With 69 Across, Bob Dylan song about the future |
| 43% | CAPE | 4 | With 48-Across, East Coast vacation spot |
| 43% | SPAR | 4 | Practice with 48-Across, say |
| 43% | GOLDILOCKSAND | 13 | With 53 Across, fairy tale about a young, blonde trespasser |
| 43% | PASSENGER | 9 | With 89 Across, a headline about a surly frequent flyer? |
| 43% | LATE | 4 | With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful |
| 42% | MANYARECOLD | 11 | With 106 Across, a restaurant's boast about its seafood filets? |
| 42% | ADEDICATEDFOLLOWER | 18 | With 84 Across, a 1966 song by the Kinks about Mussolini? |
| 42% | BOOKYOURSEATNOW | 15 | With 48-Across, practical advice for attending the lecture |
| 42% | DREAM | 5 | With 48-Across, fabled squad of the 1992 Olympics |
| 41% | HONEY | 5 | With 15-Across, sweet temptation |
| 41% | BUTDOCTOR | 9 | With 14 and 19 Across, punchline of a joke about a clown |
| 41% | SHIFTINTO | 9 | With 48-Across, wardrobe malfunction at an auto repair shop? |