| 100% | ZIP | 3 | With 50-Down, 90210 and others |
| 61% | ONCE | 4 | With 50-Down and 14-Across, fairy tale opening |
| 60% | TEAS | 4 | 50-Down and others |
| 60% | SINS | 4 | 50-Down and others |
| 58% | WASH | 4 | With 50 Down, laundry phase |
| 58% | NAME | 4 | With 50- and 53-Down, apt title for this puzzle |
| 58% | MAC | 3 | With 50 Down, alternate puzzle title |
| 52% | ISMELLTHEBLOOD | 14 | With 50-Down, cry made in [the circled letters] after the starts of 54-, 33-, 30- and 14-Down |
| 52% | TIC | 3 | With 50 and 55 Across, the ''central'' theme |
| 51% | STS | 3 | Downing and others: Abbr. |
| 50% | BALD | 4 | With ''-faced'' and 65 Down, whopper |
| 50% | SET | 3 | With ''to'' and 26 Down, pacify |
| 50% | ILL | 3 | Down with cough and cold, say |
| 49% | BORNWITHA | 9 | With 37- and 50-Across, privileged |
| 49% | RAPSTARS | 8 | 50 Cent and others |
| 49% | LAKES | 5 | 50-Across and others |
| 49% | NOT | 3 | With 50-Down, fair |
| 49% | MIRROR | 6 | With 50-Down, reflections (*) |
| 49% | GREEK | 5 | With 58-Across, "Antigone" and others ... or, when reinterpreted, a hint to 17-, 31- and 50-Across |
| 49% | SERIALS | 7 | Soap operas and other TV shows with continuing stories |
| 49% | COURTEOUS | 9 | With respect and regard for others' feelings |
| 48% | RUB | 3 | Start with down and out |
| 48% | INA | 3 | With 50-Down, riled up |
| 48% | ALL | 3 | With 38- and 50-Across, 1967 Beatles hit |
| 48% | ATARI | 5 | ___ 50 (game compilation with Pong and Asteroids) |
| 48% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |
| 48% | BAKED | 5 | With 50-Down, steak go-with |
| 47% | WERE | 4 | With 50-Down, cry upon returning |
| 47% | YOKO | 4 | With 50-Down, "Double Fantasy" artist |
| 47% | AKRON | 5 | With 50-Down, home of Goodyear |