| 100% | GOOD | 4 | With 53-Down, smarts |
| 83% | TALL | 4 | With 53 Down, improbable story |
| 80% | GEORGEM | 7 | With 53 Down, Cagney's Oscar role |
| 70% | OLD | 3 | With 53-Down, maxim |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 65% | BASS | 4 | With 53-Down, a beverage brand since 1777 |
| 64% | DUCKONA | 7 | Children's game with 53-Down |
| 64% | WASABI | 6 | Green condiment served with 53-Down |
| 63% | ANG | 3 | With 53-Down, the director of "Life of Pi" |
| 63% | YAQUI | 5 | Southwestern native that rhymes with 53-Down |
| 55% | TIN | 3 | With 53-Across, jalopy |
| 55% | METES | 5 | With 53 Across, apportions |
| 54% | MEAT | 4 | With 53-Across, a cleaver |
| 54% | CARA | 4 | With 53-Across, Italian sugar |
| 54% | HOME | 4 | With 53-Across, concluding phase |
| 53% | KNUTEROCKNE | 11 | With 53-Across, 1940 Reagan film |
| 53% | PRINCIPAL | 9 | With 53-Across, where Victoria lives? |
| 53% | TURKISH | 7 | With 53-Across, a sugary treat |
| 53% | PASS | 4 | With 53-Across, look just like |