| 100% | LIME | 4 | With 56 Across, a summer cooler |
| 56% | GOTO | 4 | With 56-Across, a Monopoly order |
| 56% | EMAIL | 5 | With 56-Across, a smartphone notification |
| 53% | BESTTHREE | 9 | With 56-Across, common format for a wager |
| 52% | THE | 3 | With 56-Across, last words of a fairy tale |
| 52% | PALE | 4 | With 56-Across, light-colored beer with a hoppy taste |
| 50% | IRON | 4 | With 56 Across, magnetic compound |
| 49% | NEVERMISSAGOOD | 14 | With 56 Across, Will Rogers on discretion |
| 48% | CUTTING | 7 | With 56-Across, indifferent student's practice, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 48% | UNIVERSITY | 10 | With 56 Across, school founded by 39 Across |
| 48% | FAN | 3 | Summer cooler with blades |
| 47% | BREAKINGTHROUGH | 15 | With 56-Across, successful like Jackie Robinson [and a hint for 22-, 35- and 49-Across] |
| 47% | SKEWS | 5 | Reports with a 56-Across |
| 46% | ICED | 4 | With 33-Across, summer cooler |
| 46% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 45% | SKI | 3 | With 56-Down, stick on a slope |
| 45% | BUT | 3 | With 75 Across, a gas |
| 45% | ANIMAL | 6 | With 56-Across, lunchbox snacks ... or a hint to the black squares before 18-, 29-, 35- and 45-Across? |
| 44% | KEY | 3 | With 52 Across, a Florida attraction |
| 44% | RON | 3 | With 136 Across, a rum brand |
| 44% | YES | 3 | With 89 Across, a confident assent |
| 44% | ONE | 3 | With 41 Across, a vitamin brand |
| 44% | LIFE | 4 | With 127 Across, a popular candy |
| 44% | DEMONSAREA | 10 | With 105 Across, a Halloween tune? |
| 44% | ALOOFLY | 7 | With a cool manner |
| 44% | LEGAL | 5 | Cool with a judge |
| 44% | DND | 3 | Game with a 56-Across character class, for short |
| 44% | FRUIT | 5 | With 14 Across, sweet summer beverage |
| 44% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 44% | UTAH | 4 | With 20 Across, a Pac-12 school |