| 100% | HODGE | 5 | With 49-Across, jumble |
| 81% | THEFALLOFTHE | 12 | With 49 Across, renowned Gothic tale |
| 81% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 79% | FISHOUT | 7 | With 49 Across, person in an unaccustomed environment |
| 78% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 49 Across, author of 27/38/47 Across |
| 67% | LOCH | 4 | With 49-Across, monster's home? |
| 67% | TOE | 3 | With 49-Across, figure skating practice |
| 67% | YOUGOYOURWAY | 12 | With 49-Across, comment upon parting |
| 67% | ISM | 3 | Suffix with 49-Across |
| 66% | HELPME | 6 | With 49-Across, 1965 Beach Boys hit |
| 66% | THANKSGIVING | 12 | With 49-Across, turkey, to a feaster |
| 66% | BLOWN | 5 | With 49-Across, toppled by the wind |
| 66% | OVERTO | 6 | With 49-Across, news anchor’s segue |
| 65% | GOVERNMENT | 10 | With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down |
| 65% | YIP | 3 | With 49-Across, "The Wizard of Oz" lyricist |
| 64% | RNA | 3 | Messenger that works with 49-Across |
| 64% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 63% | BROWNVBOARD | 11 | With 49-Across, noted decision made 5/17/54 |
| 63% | RITA | 4 | With 49-Across, British singer of "R.I.P." |
| 63% | KAREN | 5 | With 49-Across, actress who played Gidget in 1969 |
| 63% | HEMLOCK | 7 | With 49-Across, Netflix original series starring Famke Janssen |
| 63% | BASEBALL | 8 | With 49-Across, a hint to the circled letters |
| 63% | SAM | 3 | With 49-Across, touter of green eggs and ham |
| 62% | LISA | 4 | With 49-Across, singer with the 1997 hit "I Do" |
| 62% | BEYONCE | 7 | With 49-Across, singer with the 2004 single "Naughty Girl" |
| 62% | DONOTFORSAKE | 12 | With 49-Across, theme song of 37- and 38-Across |
| 61% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | With 49-Across, where 17-, 24- and 39-Across are seen |
| 61% | DUSTIN | 6 | With 49-Across, American golfer who won the 2020 Masters Tournament |
| 61% | CHARLIE | 7 | With 49-Across, silent film star who portrayed the Little Tramp |
| 61% | THEHANDYMANYOUR | 15 | With 49- and 55-Across, response to 20-Across |