| 100% | INNER | 5 | With 49-Down, personal struggle |
| 67% | RAT | 3 | With 49 Down, contemptibles |
| 66% | AMFM | 4 | With 49 Down, dashboard device |
| 66% | INS | 3 | With 49 Down, the ropes |
| 58% | INNERDEMONS | 11 | Personal struggles, and what the answers with circles have |
| 56% | OPERA | 5 | With 49-Down, aria |
| 55% | PET | 3 | With 45 Down, hardly a personal preference |
| 55% | SOVIET | 6 | With 49-Down, bygone alliance |
| 55% | BETA | 4 | With 49-Down, early tryout |
| 54% | JOHN | 4 | With 49-Down, "The Firm" actor |
| 54% | ABBA | 4 | With 49-Down, former Israeli statesman |
| 54% | THE | 3 | With 49-Down, interest rate setter |
| 54% | FAD | 3 | With 49-Down, trendy eating plans |
| 54% | AARONS | 6 | With 49-Down, miraculous biblical staff |
| 53% | IONE | 4 | With 49-Down, "Say Anything" co-star |
| 53% | NERD | 4 | With 49-Down, shout after geeking out |
| 53% | ROLO | 4 | Candy filled with 49-Down |
| 52% | WON | 3 | With 49-Down, order at a Chinese restaurant |
| 52% | ANG | 3 | With 49-Down, director of "Life of Pi" |
| 52% | THE | 3 | With 49-Down, fairy tale's last words |
| 51% | CHIA | 4 | With 49-Down, novelty pottery with a grassy plant |
| 51% | YOUVEGOTAFRIEND | 15 | With 49-Down, 1995 Oscar-nominated Pixar theme song |
| 51% | WHOS | 4 | With 49-Down, "Time for someone else's turn" |
| 51% | HEW | 3 | Cut down with a 49-Down |
| 50% | GOVERNMENT | 10 | With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down |
| 48% | MEL | 3 | With 49-Down, singer with the autobiography "It Wasn't All Velvet" |
| 48% | ITALIAN | 7 | With 49-Down, its form follows the pattern of the circled letters |
| 46% | INNERDEMONS | 11 | Personal struggles personified |
| 46% | ACTS | 4 | 49 Down segments |
| 46% | COMBS | 5 | 49 Down supply |