| 100% | SMART | 5 | With 6-Across, clever person |
| 67% | TOAST | 5 | With 6-Across and 5-Down, celebrated person (hint: browned bread) |
| 65% | BASS | 4 | With 6 Across, music staff symbol |
| 65% | ROALD | 5 | With 6 Across, Willy Wonka creator |
| 64% | THE | 3 | With 6 Across, something to cut to |
| 61% | ILL | 3 | With 43 Across, evil person |
| 57% | JUDITH | 6 | With 28 Across, "Ordinary People" author |
| 57% | SALLY | 5 | With 13 Across, "Normal People" author |
| 56% | PROLO | 5 | With 6-Across, extended |
| 56% | GREEN | 5 | With 6-Across, approve |
| 56% | WHITE | 5 | With 6-Across, rapids |
| 56% | FISHOUT | 7 | With 49 Across, person in an unaccustomed environment |
| 55% | LACED | 5 | With 6-Across, attacked verbally |
| 55% | EARL | 4 | With 6-Across, tea type |
| 55% | BREAK | 5 | With 6-Across, morning meal |
| 55% | COMIC | 5 | With 6-Across, Offenbach offering |
| 55% | EVERY | 5 | With 6-Across, each second |
| 55% | REFERENCE | 9 | With 52 Across, helpful person where books are borrowed |
| 54% | ANNA | 4 | With 6-Across, "Nana" actress, 1934 |
| 54% | WHOLE | 5 | With 6-Across, recent Amazon acquisition |
| 54% | MARCO | 5 | With 6-Across, 2016 presidential hopeful |
| 54% | WREAK | 5 | With 6-Across, do devastating damage |
| 54% | BLANK | 5 | With 6-Across, poetry without rhyme |
| 53% | HARD | 4 | With 6-Across, product of fermenting apples |
| 53% | BUG | 3 | With 6-Across, causes of summer itches |
| 53% | PAPER | 5 | With 6-Across, online symbols for attachments |
| 53% | POWER | 5 | With 6-Across, source of generational wealth? |
| 53% | ANO | 3 | With 6-Across, New Year, in Spain |
| 53% | BLACK | 5 | With 6-Across, practice using curse words? |
| 53% | BREAK | 5 | With 6-Across, share a meal together |