| 100% | UNIVERSITY | 10 | With 56 Across, school founded by 39 Across |
| 51% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 46% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 45% | NINETEEN | 8 | With 56-Across, The New Yorker’s founding year |
| 45% | UVA | 3 | School founded by Thomas Jefferson (and 15-Across's alma mater) (Abbr.) |
| 44% | ALLALONGTHE | 11 | With 32-Across, song by 56-Across |
| 44% | FOXY | 4 | With 67-Across, song by 56-Across |
| 44% | HEY | 3 | With 60-Down, song by 56-Across |
| 43% | ETON | 4 | School founded by Henry VI |
| 43% | UVA | 3 | School founded by Thos. Jefferson |
| 43% | VASSAR | 6 | School founded by a brewer |
| 43% | PENN | 4 | School founded by Ben Franklin |
| 43% | IRON | 4 | With 56 Across, magnetic compound |
| 43% | ARIES | 5 | Source of the fleece found by 105 Across |
| 43% | ETON | 4 | School founded by King Henry VI |
| 43% | UVA | 3 | School founded by Thomas Jefferson: Abbr. |
| 43% | UPENN | 5 | School founded by Ben Franklin, informally |
| 43% | LIME | 4 | With 56 Across, a summer cooler |
| 42% | APPLE | 5 | With 24-Across, Fortune 500 company founded by two college dropouts |
| 42% | NEVERMISSAGOOD | 14 | With 56 Across, Will Rogers on discretion |
| 42% | PAPA | 4 | With 10-Across, sobriquet for Bill O'Reilly used by 39-Across |
| 41% | CITYLIGHTS | 10 | Book shop founded by 52 Across |
| 41% | JOYCE | 5 | With 39-Across, character played by 18-Across in "Stranger Things" |
| 41% | THEHOUSEOF | 10 | With 39-Across, 1982 debut novel by 29-Across: 3 wds. |
| 41% | TUSKEGEEINSTITUTE | 17 | School founded by Booker T. Washington July 4, 1881 |
| 41% | UVA | 3 | Charlottesville school founded by Thomas Jefferson: Abbr. |
| 41% | UVA | 3 | Charlottesville school founded by Thomas Jefferson (Abbr.) |
| 40% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 40% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 40% | MENDINGWALL | 11 | Poem by 39-Across with the line "Good fences make good neighbors" (2 wds.) |