| 100% | OSMIC | 5 | With 52-Down, microscopic staining compound |
| 58% | RIB | 3 | With 52 Down, beef dinner |
| 49% | SIXTH | 5 | With 52-Down, intuition |
| 48% | AIR | 3 | With 52-Down, hangs out |
| 48% | HAM | 3 | With 52-Down, Sunday entree |
| 48% | PALE | 4 | With 52-Down, hoppy brews |
| 48% | TEN | 3 | With 52-Down, spare part? |
| 48% | SESAME | 6 | With 52-Down, bagel flavoring |
| 48% | OSMIC | 5 | ___ acid (microscopic staining compound) |
| 47% | ITS | 3 | With 52-Down, words of agreement |
| 47% | OLE | 3 | With 52-Down, a "grand" place |
| 47% | YULE | 4 | With 52-Down, year-end fuel |
| 47% | HECTOR | 6 | With 52-Down, "Symphonie Fantastique" composer |
| 47% | BOSTON | 6 | With 52-Down, paper since 1872 |
| 47% | ESE | 3 | Suffix with 52-Down |
| 46% | WASPS | 5 | With 52-Down, structure found under eaves |
| 46% | MABEL | 5 | With 52-Down, English-born cabaret singer |
| 46% | VENA | 4 | With 52-Down, passage to the heart |
| 46% | TEX | 3 | With 52-Down, Southwestern style of cuisine |
| 45% | ART | 3 | With 52-Down, 20's-30's design |
| 45% | PISA | 4 | With 52-Down, home of the Leaning Tower |
| 45% | MOJITOS | 7 | Drinks sometimes garnished with 52-Down |
| 45% | OLSEN | 5 | With 52-Down, showbiz's Mary-Kate and Ashley |
| 44% | CHOU | 4 | With 52-Down, 39-Across leader from 1949 to 1976 |
| 40% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 52-Down, betrayal, and what's formed by each pair of the trigrams |
| 40% | SHEIKH | 6 | 52 Down noble |
| 39% | TRI | 3 | 52 Down minus one? |
| 39% | ATE | 3 | With 52-Across, eroded |
| 38% | ABLEST | 6 | Most 52 Down |
| 37% | HEARYE | 6 | With 52-Across, Aaron Copland ballet |