| 100% | NAMBY | 5 | With 51-Down, weak and indecisive |
| 60% | NAMBYPAMBY | 10 | Weak and indecisive |
| 57% | MILTON | 6 | With 51 Down, source of answer |
| 56% | SKI | 3 | With 51 Down, high time for snow sports |
| 55% | ASILIVE | 7 | With 33-Down and 51-Across, "What a surprise!" |
| 53% | SAM | 3 | With 51 Down, host of the politics podcast "The Majority Report" |
| 50% | SURF | 4 | Paired with 51-Down, restaurant offering mixing land and sea, as 17-, 24-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across do |
| 50% | BATMAN | 6 | With 51-Across, roles for 17-, 38- and 62-Across |
| 50% | YOU | 3 | With 51- and 54-Across, what 17-Across stands for |
| 50% | SEVENWONDERS | 12 | With 51-Across and 15-Down, group in which [see circled letters] is the only one still largely intact |
| 49% | BALD | 4 | With ''-faced'' and 65 Down, whopper |
| 49% | SET | 3 | With ''to'' and 26 Down, pacify |
| 49% | ILL | 3 | Down with cough and cold, say |
| 49% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 49% | ODOR | 4 | With 51-Down, unscented |
| 49% | BEST | 4 | With 51-Down, tops |
| 49% | PUERTO | 6 | With 51-Down, Boricua |
| 48% | ANDREW | 6 | With 40- and 51-Across, composer of 29-Down/60-Across, as well as 63-Across |
| 48% | RUB | 3 | Start with down and out |
| 48% | SALES | 5 | With 51-Down, commission collector |
| 48% | LENS | 4 | With 51-Down, camera protector |
| 48% | NET | 3 | With 51-Down, positive gross |
| 48% | ALOE | 4 | With 51-Down, soothing plant |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | With 51-Down, hot spot |
| 48% | GRECO | 5 | With 51-Down, wrestling style |
| 48% | OIL | 3 | With "of" and 51-Across, a facial moisturizer |
| 47% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |
| 47% | THE | 3 | With 51-Down, old movie finale |
| 47% | TOP | 3 | With 51-Down, a hit list? |
| 47% | WOE | 3 | With 51-Down, cry of sorrow |