| 100% | FAIL | 4 | With 55-Across, 58-/46-Across movie (1964) |
| 56% | IFI | 3 | With 55- and 58-Across, “No obligation to answer this, but . . .” |
| 56% | UNOFFICIALSTART | 15 | With 55 Across, what 19 Across signifies |
| 55% | POLICELINE | 10 | With 55 Across, crime scene warning |
| 54% | PRINCEOFTHECITY | 15 | 58-/46-Across movie (1981) |
| 54% | DOGDAYAFTERNOON | 15 | 58-/46-Across movie (1975) |
| 54% | SERPICO | 7 | 58-/46-Across movie (1973) |
| 53% | BETWEENSCYLLA | 13 | With 55 Across, dilemma-bound (from the ''Odyssey'') |
| 53% | ALAN | 4 | With 55 Across, ''Little Miss Sunshine'' Oscar winner |
| 53% | HITTHE | 6 | With 55 Across, 1961 hit for Ray Charles |
| 52% | THELANDDIVIDED | 14 | With 55 Across, transportation slogan of 100 years ago |
| 51% | MOELARRY | 8 | With 46 Across, the Three Stooges |
| 51% | STOPSTARING | 11 | With 46 Across, modern ''Pay attention!'' |
| 51% | ELIHU | 5 | With 46 Across, Ivy League benefactor |
| 50% | WHEREDIDWEGO | 12 | With 38 Across, 57 Across' lament in 46 Across |
| 50% | MONTYPYTHONS | 12 | With 55 Across, BBC series that premiered 50 years ago tomorrow |
| 50% | TWOHUNDREDTH | 12 | With 41 and 55 Across, what 15 Across is |
| 50% | ANGRY | 5 | "12 ___ Men," 58-/46-Across movie (1957) |
| 50% | NEWYORK | 7 | Frequent location of 58-/46-Across movies |
| 50% | FROMRAGS | 8 | With 46 Across, full-range, wealth-wise |
| 50% | GEISHA | 6 | Hostess with a 46 Across |
| 49% | TIC | 3 | With 50 and 55 Across, the ''central'' theme |
| 48% | ORIENT | 6 | "Murder on the ___ Express," 58-/46-Across movie (1974) |
| 48% | TUNAFISH | 8 | With 46 Across, bread with a ''chunk light'' filling |
| 48% | CARVEOUT | 8 | With 46 Across, make room on one's schedule |
| 47% | MAMMA | 5 | With 58 Across, 1999 pop musical |
| 46% | WILLIAM | 7 | With 46-Across, Captain Kirk on 5-/58-Across |
| 46% | EPSOM | 5 | With 55-Across, MgSO4.7H2O |
| 46% | REC | 3 | With 55-Across, campus hangout |
| 46% | COMPASS | 7 | With 55-Across, direction indicator |