| 100% | INFIN | 5 | With 50-Across, grammatical infelicities |
| 63% | WES | 3 | With 50 Across, moviedom's "Sultan of Shock" |
| 60% | GARGOYLESWITH | 13 | With 50 Across, the least-ordered dish at Quasimodo's Restaurant? |
| 59% | TIC | 3 | With 50 and 55 Across, the ''central'' theme |
| 58% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 56% | MADE | 4 | With 50-Across, acted |
| 56% | MOVE | 4 | With 50-Across, surmount |
| 56% | INONEHEAVEN | 11 | With 50-Across, euphoric |
| 56% | EIGHT | 5 | With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | OVER | 4 | With 50-Across, eggs order |
| 55% | SONICTHE | 8 | With 50-Across, blue streak |
| 54% | HER | 3 | Pronoun with 50-Across |
| 54% | ITE | 3 | Suffix with 50-Across |
| 53% | LOBSTER | 7 | With 50-Across, seafood diner's protector |
| 52% | CHARLES | 7 | With 50-Across, author of "A Christmas Carol" |
| 52% | BERKELEY | 8 | With 50-Across, cartoonist who created "Bloom County" |
| 52% | EASTER | 6 | With 50-Across, target of a seasonal search |
| 52% | RITE | 4 | With 50-Across, drugstore chain founded in 1962 |
| 51% | MONTYPYTHONS | 12 | With 55 Across, BBC series that premiered 50 years ago tomorrow |
| 51% | OLIVE | 5 | With 50-Across, meat product studded with green fruits |
| 51% | KINGOFTHE | 9 | With 50-Across, nickname of 34-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | CHRISTINA | 9 | With 50-Across, actress who's a crossword fan |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | With 25-Across, 50% |
| 49% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 50-Across, Best Picture Oscar film released 50 years ago |
| 49% | SETFIRETO | 9 | With 50-Across, Adele single from the album "21": 3 wds. |
| 49% | SIMU | 4 | With 50-Across, actor who plays Shang-Chi in Marvel films |
| 48% | ONCE | 4 | With 50-Down and 14-Across, fairy tale opening |
| 48% | VINCENT | 7 | With 50-Across, Dutch painter represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | THECATCHER | 10 | With 27-Across, 50-Across classic |
| 47% | LORDOFTHERINGS | 14 | 2001 50-Across nominee, with "The" |