| 100% | FLY | 3 | With 54-Across, furnace emission |
| 63% | BURNTHATBRIDGE | 14 | With 54 Across, rule out an eventual return? |
| 63% | HALFLIFE | 8 | With 54 Across, the Atomic Cafe cereal combo? |
| 62% | SIXTEENTH | 9 | With 54 Across, 38/40 Across' place in history |
| 55% | HOT | 3 | With 54-Across, throat soother |
| 55% | DARK | 4 | With 54-Across, black magic |
| 55% | BAR | 3 | With 54-Across, tavern total |
| 55% | FAST | 4 | With 54-Across, court strategy |
| 54% | ETHAN | 5 | With 54-Across, a Revolutionary hero |
| 54% | SOUTH | 5 | With 54-Across, where India is |
| 54% | CARNE | 5 | With 54-Across, grilled Mexican dish |
| 54% | EPI | 3 | With 54-across, anaphylaxis-treatment device |
| 53% | ANYTHING | 8 | With 54-Across, hit from 36-Across |
| 53% | SOCIALSECURITY | 14 | With 54-Across, opposite of 18-Across |
| 53% | YANKEE | 6 | With 54-Across, moniker of 62-Across |
| 53% | VIP | 3 | With 54-Across, granter of backstage access |
| 52% | DOESSHEOR | 9 | With 54-Across, old advertising question from Clairol |
| 52% | TWO | 3 | With 54-Across, appropriate ratio for this puzzle? |
| 51% | CAR | 3 | With 54-Across, something worn on a road trip |
| 51% | BAD | 3 | With 54-Across, spa town on the Lahn River |
| 51% | DONTSTAND | 9 | With 54-Across, Grammy-winning song by the Police |
| 49% | BREAKING | 8 | With 54-Across, TV drama where 36-Across made his debut |
| 49% | STATE | 5 | With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire] |
| 49% | TOPTOBOTTOM | 11 | With 54-Across, how to read this puzzle's secret message |
| 47% | LEAD | 4 | With 34-Across, slag furnace input |
| 44% | ERROL | 5 | With 54-Across, he played Robin Hood in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938): 2 wds. |
| 43% | LAID | 4 | With 54-Down, in reserve |
| 43% | PAN | 3 | With 54-Down, waffle alternative |
| 43% | RAT | 3 | With 54-Down, wearisome routine |
| 43% | PACE | 4 | See 54 Across |