| 100% | MOJO | 4 | With 5-Across, archenemy of the Powerpuff Girls |
| 58% | LAKE | 4 | With 5-Across, source of the Truckee River |
| 56% | VIBE | 4 | With 5-Across, assessment of the feeling in the room |
| 55% | BLOSSOM | 7 | Leader of the Powerpuff Girls |
| 55% | MOJO | 4 | ___ Jojo (enemy of the Powerpuff Girls) |
| 54% | EYES | 4 | Oversized facial feature of the Powerpuff Girls |
| 51% | COMING | 6 | With 5-Across, arriving in the area in the vein of this week's visitor |
| 49% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 49% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 49% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 48% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 24 Across, slogan of The Three Musketeers |
| 47% | FACE | 4 | With 5 Across, company that the 14 Down is suing for allegedly breaking antitrust laws |
| 46% | GEORGE | 6 | With 24 Across, loser of the first really serious pie fight? |
| 46% | OTIS | 4 | With 72 Across, the King of Elevator Music? |
| 46% | MARA | 4 | Rooney of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 46% | IPSO | 4 | With 5-Across, phrase of clarification |
| 46% | LIFE | 4 | With 5-Across, means of survival |
| 46% | DIRTY | 5 | With 5-Across, glare of contempt |
| 45% | TITO | 4 | Member of the Jackson 5 with Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael |
| 45% | MARA | 4 | Actress Rooney ___ of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 45% | MARA | 4 | Actress Rooney of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 45% | MARA | 4 | Rooney ___, star of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 45% | NOOMI | 5 | Actress Rapace of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 45% | PEARL | 5 | With 5-Across, hunter of valuable bivalves |
| 45% | SOUND | 5 | With 5- and 1-Down, 2015 Album of the Year nominee by Alabama Shakes |
| 45% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 45% | THEFIRSTTIMEEVERI | 17 | With 127 Across, the best-selling hat song of 1972? |
| 45% | TIMEHEALS | 9 | With 12 Across, maxim stressing the natural resolution of problems |
| 45% | NIELS | 5 | ___ Arden Oplev, director of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 45% | NORDICNOIR | 10 | Crime-fiction genre of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” |