| 100% | KOI | 3 | With 53-Down, decorative garden feature |
| 64% | KOIPOND | 7 | *Decorative garden feature with fish |
| 58% | TALL | 4 | With 53 Down, improbable story |
| 58% | PER | 3 | With 53 Down, daily allowance |
| 57% | GEORGEM | 7 | With 53 Down, Cagney's Oscar role |
| 54% | POND | 4 | Garden feature with ornamental fishes |
| 54% | FOUNTAIN | 8 | Garden feature with cascading water |
| 54% | KOIPOND | 7 | Garden feature with colorful fish |
| 54% | FOUNTAIN | 8 | Decorative statue with flowing water feature |
| 52% | AWL | 3 | With 24 Down, belt feature |
| 52% | KOIPOND | 7 | Japanese garden feature with swimming carp |
| 52% | KOIPOND | 7 | Zen garden feature with showy fish |
| 51% | HEDGEMAZE | 9 | Garden feature with paths and dead ends: 2 wds. |
| 51% | KOI | 3 | ___ pond, Japanese garden feature with colorful carp |
| 49% | GOOD | 4 | With 53-Down, smarts |
| 49% | OLD | 3 | With 53-Down, maxim |
| 48% | ALOE | 4 | With 53-Down, salve additive |
| 47% | AIDEDE | 6 | With 53-Down, officer's helper |
| 47% | INTERNET | 8 | With 53-Down, blogger's bugbear |
| 47% | OOMPA | 5 | With 53-Down, Willy Wonka employee |
| 47% | BERT | 4 | With 53-Down, Oz lion portrayer |
| 47% | FAIR | 4 | With 53-Down, kind of coffee |
| 47% | AKRON | 5 | With 53-Down, Goodyear's home |
| 47% | PEER | 4 | With 53-Down, an Ibsen play |
| 47% | THEMOSTFAMOUS | 13 | With 53-Down, 123-Across, in song |
| 47% | TEA | 3 | With 53-Down, ingredient in some soaps |
| 47% | TIA | 3 | With 53-Down, a coffee-flavored liqueur |
| 47% | DADA | 4 | With 53-Down, many Marcel Duchamp works |
| 47% | AQUA | 4 | With 53-Down, pioneering mechanical breathing apparatus |
| 47% | REST | 4 | With 53-Down, spot for picnic tables |