| 100% | COVER | 5 | With 5-Across, spy's pretext |
| 67% | ZOOM | 4 | With 5 Across, camera's closeup attachment |
| 59% | BROWN | 5 | With 5 Across, paper lunch holder |
| 57% | PARTY | 5 | With 5-Across, host's handout |
| 54% | DRY | 3 | With 5-Across, dog's possible symptom of sickness |
| 53% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 53% | CAKE | 4 | With 5-Across, TLC series centered around Carlo's Bakery |
| 53% | HOWDOWEGET | 10 | With 35-Across, spy's question concerning wiretaps |
| 52% | SNOW | 4 | With 5-Across, heroine of Disney's first full-length animated movie |
| 51% | FACE | 4 | With 5 Across, company that the 14 Down is suing for allegedly breaking antitrust laws |
| 51% | GROW | 4 | With 5-Across, fade |
| 51% | ZOOM | 4 | With 5-Across, quickly |
| 51% | WIFE | 4 | With 5-Across, fiancée |
| 51% | THE | 3 | With 5-Across, Dixie |
| 51% | FOR | 3 | With 5-Across, permanently |
| 51% | WISH | 4 | With 5-Across, Thanksgiving-dinner staple that's aptly presented in this grid |
| 50% | OVER | 4 | 5-Across, with respect to this answer's location |
| 50% | ALPHA | 5 | With 5-Across, dominant ape |
| 50% | BONE | 4 | With 5-Across, utterly exhausted |
| 50% | FAST | 4 | With 5-Across, basketball play |
| 50% | COMES | 5 | With 5-Across, originates in |
| 50% | BEST | 4 | With 5-Across, likeliest prediction |
| 49% | IPSO | 4 | With 5-Across, phrase of clarification |
| 49% | LOSE | 4 | With 5-Across, blow a fuse |
| 49% | SNOW | 4 | With 5-Across, winter-themed paperweight |
| 49% | LIFE | 4 | With 5-Across, means of survival |
| 49% | ISSA | 4 | With 5-Across, "Insecure" actress/writer |
| 49% | DIRTY | 5 | With 5-Across, glare of contempt |
| 49% | VERY | 4 | With 5-Across, "As you wish" |
| 49% | COMING | 6 | With 5-Across, arriving in the area in the vein of this week's visitor |