| 100% | HEARTS | 6 | With 48-Across, deepest longing |
| 64% | OMEGA | 5 | Symbol associated with 48 Across |
| 59% | YEARN | 5 | Harbor deep longing (rhymes with "learn") |
| 56% | NOT | 3 | With 48-Across, mediocre |
| 56% | ATNO | 4 | With 48-Across, never |
| 55% | SMOKED | 6 | With 48-Across, deli item |
| 55% | AINT | 4 | With 48-Across, "... and that ___!" |
| 55% | CREEPS | 6 | With 48-Across, enters stealthily |
| 55% | LEMON | 5 | With 48-Across, fish dish |
| 54% | ADOBE | 5 | With 48-Across, popular computer product |
| 54% | SURVEY | 6 | With 48-Across, "Family Feud" material |
| 54% | CUTS | 4 | With 48-Across, stops wasting time |
| 54% | ICE | 3 | With 48-Across, cousin of sleet |
| 54% | OWNERS | 6 | Those with 48-Acrosses |
| 53% | CAPE | 4 | With 48-Across, East Coast vacation spot |
| 53% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 48-Across, "sweet" expression about consequences |
| 53% | SPAR | 4 | Practice with 48-Across, say |
| 52% | HIDDENGEMS | 10 | What the long Across answers with circles have |
| 52% | CROSSBODY | 9 | Bag with long straps, worn across the chest |
| 52% | MARTIN | 6 | Bird with deep forked tail, long pointed wings |
| 52% | LATE | 4 | With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful |
| 51% | OIL | 3 | __ change (what the five longest Across answers end with) |
| 51% | SHAGRUG | 7 | Floor mat with a deep pile of long loops |
| 51% | BOOKYOURSEATNOW | 15 | With 48-Across, practical advice for attending the lecture |
| 51% | DREAM | 5 | With 48-Across, fabled squad of the 1992 Olympics |
| 50% | BLUE | 4 | With 65 Across, ''deep'' locale |
| 50% | SHIFTINTO | 9 | With 48-Across, wardrobe malfunction at an auto repair shop? |
| 50% | BENJAMIN | 8 | With 48-Across, Declaration of Independence signer who invented bifocals |
| 49% | AHI | 3 | With 33-Across, deep-sea catch |
| 49% | GREEK | 5 | The short letters that the four longest Across answers end with |