| 100% | SHARP | 5 | With 6-Down, acute power of discernment |
| 54% | OLIVE | 5 | With 5 Down, liquid ingredient of 6 Down |
| 52% | PANAMA | 6 | With 6-Down, bit of summer wear |
| 52% | ANG | 3 | With 6-Down, "Life of Pi" director |
| 52% | AIR | 3 | With 6-Down, operator of a 63-Down |
| 52% | NEAR | 4 | With 6-Down, Turkey is part of it |
| 51% | RED | 3 | With 6-Down, winners of the 2018 World Series |
| 51% | HONG | 4 | With 6-Down, site of high-profile democracy protests |
| 49% | OTTO | 4 | With 6-Down, Browns quarterback in the Football Hall of Fame |
| 48% | ARAL | 4 | With 6 Down, almost-gone water |
| 44% | HARD | 4 | With 6-Across, product of fermenting apples |
| 44% | BUG | 3 | With 6-Across, causes of summer itches |
| 44% | POWER | 5 | With 6-Across, source of generational wealth? |
| 43% | SEA | 3 | Body with a floor (homophone of 6 Down) |
| 43% | FREE | 4 | With 6-Across, guarantee of the First Amendment |
| 42% | JAMES | 5 | With 6-Across, director of the F.B.I. |
| 42% | SPACE | 5 | With 6-Across, newly proposed branch of the military |
| 42% | DATE | 4 | With 6-Across, Carell/Fey romantic comedy of 2010 |
| 42% | ALARM | 5 | With 6-Across, cause of many a rude awakening |
| 42% | MEL | 3 | With 6-Across, a man of many voices |
| 41% | MILTON | 6 | With 51 Down, source of answer |
| 41% | FRED | 4 | With 25 Down, source of quote |
| 41% | HAT | 3 | With 36 Down, show of gratitude |
| 41% | IONIC | 5 | Of charged 6 Down |
| 41% | ITS | 3 | With 6-Down, "Curious ..." |
| 41% | ATONE | 5 | With 6-Down, expiate |
| 41% | WHAT | 4 | With 6-Down, "And?" |
| 41% | THE | 3 | With 6-Down, indistinguishable |
| 41% | FOR | 3 | With 6-Down, temporarily |
| 41% | LIFE | 4 | With 6- and 8-Across, shared belief of Christianity and Islam |