| 100% | OVERTO | 6 | With 49-Across, news anchor’s segue |
| 59% | OVERTOYOU | 9 | News anchor's segue |
| 50% | THEFALLOFTHE | 12 | With 49 Across, renowned Gothic tale |
| 50% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 49% | FISHOUT | 7 | With 49 Across, person in an unaccustomed environment |
| 48% | LOCH | 4 | With 49-Across, monster's home? |
| 48% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 49 Across, author of 27/38/47 Across |
| 45% | ROGERMUDD | 9 | Veteran news anchor with five Emmys |
| 45% | TWELVE | 6 | With 38-Across, New Year’s start |
| 43% | DESK | 4 | News anchor's workstation |
| 43% | TVSTUDIO | 8 | News anchor's workplace |
| 43% | UNTILTOMORROW | 13 | News anchor's farewell |
| 43% | HODGE | 5 | With 49-Across, jumble |
| 42% | MIC | 3 | News anchor's lapel item |
| 41% | TOE | 3 | With 49-Across, figure skating practice |
| 41% | YOUGOYOURWAY | 12 | With 49-Across, comment upon parting |
| 41% | ISM | 3 | Suffix with 49-Across |
| 41% | NINETEEN | 8 | With 56-Across, The New Yorker’s founding year |
| 41% | HELPME | 6 | With 49-Across, 1965 Beach Boys hit |
| 41% | THANKSGIVING | 12 | With 49-Across, turkey, to a feaster |
| 41% | BLOWN | 5 | With 49-Across, toppled by the wind |
| 40% | RONBURGUNDY | 11 | Fictional news anchor who ended broadcasts with "You stay classy, San Diego!" |
| 40% | GOVERNMENT | 10 | With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down |
| 40% | YIP | 3 | With 49-Across, "The Wizard of Oz" lyricist |
| 40% | PBS | 3 | News anchor Judy Woodruff's network |
| 40% | RNA | 3 | Messenger that works with 49-Across |
| 39% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 39% | BROWNVBOARD | 11 | With 49-Across, noted decision made 5/17/54 |
| 39% | RITA | 4 | With 49-Across, British singer of "R.I.P." |
| 39% | KAREN | 5 | With 49-Across, actress who played Gidget in 1969 |