| 100% | EPI | 3 | With 54-across, anaphylaxis-treatment device |
| 59% | ART | 3 | With 54 Across, Jazz Age style |
| 57% | BURNTHATBRIDGE | 14 | With 54 Across, rule out an eventual return? |
| 57% | HALFLIFE | 8 | With 54 Across, the Atomic Cafe cereal combo? |
| 57% | SIXTEENTH | 9 | With 54 Across, 38/40 Across' place in history |
| 54% | RED | 3 | L.A.'s old transit system, with 54 Across |
| 53% | AMFM | 4 | With 23 Across, two-band device |
| 53% | AMFM | 4 | With 59 Across, dashboard audio device |
| 50% | FLY | 3 | With 54-Across, furnace emission |
| 50% | HOT | 3 | With 54-Across, throat soother |
| 50% | DARK | 4 | With 54-Across, black magic |
| 50% | BAR | 3 | With 54-Across, tavern total |
| 50% | FAST | 4 | With 54-Across, court strategy |
| 49% | ETHAN | 5 | With 54-Across, a Revolutionary hero |
| 49% | SOUTH | 5 | With 54-Across, where India is |
| 49% | CARNE | 5 | With 54-Across, grilled Mexican dish |
| 48% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
| 48% | ANYTHING | 8 | With 54-Across, hit from 36-Across |
| 48% | SOCIALSECURITY | 14 | With 54-Across, opposite of 18-Across |
| 48% | YANKEE | 6 | With 54-Across, moniker of 62-Across |
| 48% | VIP | 3 | With 54-Across, granter of backstage access |
| 47% | RIGHTYTIGHTY | 12 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | DOESSHEOR | 9 | With 54-Across, old advertising question from Clairol |
| 47% | TWO | 3 | With 54-Across, appropriate ratio for this puzzle? |
| 46% | TRAFFIC | 7 | With 41 Across, red (top) and green (bottom) street-corner devices |
| 46% | CAR | 3 | With 54-Across, something worn on a road trip |
| 46% | BAD | 3 | With 54-Across, spa town on the Lahn River |
| 46% | DONTSTAND | 9 | With 54-Across, Grammy-winning song by the Police |
| 45% | THELOST | 7 | With 54-Across, Oscar film for '45 (with Ray Milland) |
| 44% | BOOBY | 5 | With 127 Across, one of many devices thwarting the burglars in "Home Alone" |