| 100% | OLD | 3 | With 53-Down, maxim |
| 83% | TALL | 4 | With 53 Down, improbable story |
| 83% | PER | 3 | With 53 Down, daily allowance |
| 80% | GEORGEM | 7 | With 53 Down, Cagney's Oscar role |
| 70% | GOOD | 4 | With 53-Down, smarts |
| 68% | ALOE | 4 | With 53-Down, salve additive |
| 67% | AIDEDE | 6 | With 53-Down, officer's helper |
| 67% | INTERNET | 8 | With 53-Down, blogger's bugbear |
| 67% | OOMPA | 5 | With 53-Down, Willy Wonka employee |
| 67% | KOI | 3 | With 53-Down, decorative garden feature |
| 67% | BERT | 4 | With 53-Down, Oz lion portrayer |
| 67% | FAIR | 4 | With 53-Down, kind of coffee |
| 67% | AKRON | 5 | With 53-Down, Goodyear's home |
| 67% | PEER | 4 | With 53-Down, an Ibsen play |
| 66% | THEMOSTFAMOUS | 13 | With 53-Down, 123-Across, in song |
| 66% | TEA | 3 | With 53-Down, ingredient in some soaps |
| 66% | TIA | 3 | With 53-Down, a coffee-flavored liqueur |
| 66% | DADA | 4 | With 53-Down, many Marcel Duchamp works |
| 66% | AQUA | 4 | With 53-Down, pioneering mechanical breathing apparatus |
| 66% | REST | 4 | With 53-Down, spot for picnic tables |
| 65% | BASS | 4 | With 53-Down, a beverage brand since 1777 |
| 65% | WET | 3 | With 53-Down, article of close-fitting attire |
| 64% | DUCKONA | 7 | Children's game with 53-Down |
| 64% | WASABI | 6 | Green condiment served with 53-Down |
| 64% | THANTORECEIVE | 13 | With 2 Down, 36 Across & 43 Across, a Christmas-style maxim |
| 63% | ANG | 3 | With 53-Down, the director of "Life of Pi" |
| 63% | REAL | 4 | With 53-Down, 1992 hit for Mary J. Blige |
| 63% | YAQUI | 5 | Southwestern native that rhymes with 53-Down |
| 55% | TIN | 3 | With 53-Across, jalopy |
| 55% | METES | 5 | With 53 Across, apportions |