| 100% | RAINRAI | 7 | With 51-Across, wet-day wish |
| 61% | SPIRAL | 6 | With 51 Across, rotini |
| 60% | LEASH | 5 | With 51 Across, biting reducer |
| 60% | HAN | 3 | With 51 Across, Ford role |
| 59% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 51 Across, source of quote |
| 59% | JOBBED | 6 | Subcontracted, with 51 Across |
| 57% | HALFPOUND | 9 | With 51 Across, ''big'' beef on a bun |
| 53% | NOVEMBER | 8 | With 47 Across, Veterans Day |
| 51% | CUT | 3 | With 51-Across, dance |
| 50% | TYPEOFSCULPTURE | 15 | 17, 21, and 51 Across all finish with one |
| 50% | SEE | 3 | With 51-Across, get mad |
| 49% | MAYTHE{FOUR}TH | 14 | With 16 Across, salutation on Star Wars Day |
| 49% | NOMDE | 5 | With 51-Across, a fake handle? |
| 49% | PRO | 3 | With 51-Across, for the nonce |
| 49% | ADAM | 4 | With 51-Across, Caped Crusader portrayer |
| 49% | LINEN | 5 | With 51-Across, place for pillowcases |
| 49% | RIOT | 4 | With 51-Across, something to "read" |
| 49% | ANG | 3 | With 51-Across, "Brokeback Mountain" director |
| 48% | THEBRIDGESOF | 12 | With 51-Across, Robert Waller best seller |
| 48% | THENWHYNOT | 10 | With 51-Across, Ma Bell's response |
| 48% | HEARYE | 6 | With 51-Across, town crier's cry |
| 48% | ITS | 3 | With 51-Across, package recipient's cry |
| 48% | THE | 3 | With 51-Across, words before film credits |
| 47% | WOODY | 5 | With 51-Across, "Cheers" bartender with Sam Malone |
| 47% | CHRISTINA | 9 | With 51-Across, "Genie in a Bottle" singer |
| 47% | TEE | 3 | With 51-Across, end of the London blitz? |
| 47% | NEVERTHELESS | 12 | With 51-Across, feminist rallying cry since 2017 |
| 46% | BROOKLYN | 8 | With 51-Across, title of 27-Across's sitcom |
| 46% | POPULATIONMASS | 14 | With 51-Across, Monaco has the world's highest |
| 46% | THE | 3 | With 51-Across, two steps away from AA, informally |