| 100% | HONG | 4 | With 6-Down, site of high-profile democracy protests |
| 44% | OLIVE | 5 | With 5 Down, liquid ingredient of 6 Down |
| 44% | PANAMA | 6 | With 6-Down, bit of summer wear |
| 44% | SHARP | 5 | With 6-Down, acute power of discernment |
| 44% | ANG | 3 | With 6-Down, "Life of Pi" director |
| 43% | AIR | 3 | With 6-Down, operator of a 63-Down |
| 43% | NEAR | 4 | With 6-Down, Turkey is part of it |
| 43% | PLYMOUTHCOLONY | 14 | Site of the first 6-down |
| 42% | RED | 3 | With 6-Down, winners of the 2018 World Series |
| 41% | OTTO | 4 | With 6-Down, Browns quarterback in the Football Hall of Fame |
| 40% | ARAL | 4 | With 6 Down, almost-gone water |
| 40% | HONGKONG | 8 | Site of pro-democracy and anti-extradition protests (starting March, 2019) |
| 40% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 39% | SEA | 3 | Body with a floor (homophone of 6 Down) |
| 39% | FBI | 3 | With 59-Down, site of forensics testing |
| 38% | NOVA | 4 | With 46-Down, site of Cape Breton Island |
| 38% | BARCELONA | 9 | With 44-Down, site of the 1992 Olympics |
| 38% | EMBASSY | 7 | Site of many a protest |
| 37% | NEMEA | 5 | Site of a mythical 31 Down |
| 37% | TATE | 4 | Site of some Millais works, with "the" |
| 37% | HAGUE | 5 | Site of many Dutch embassies, with "The" |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Site of 2022's "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests |
| 36% | ELMTREE | 7 | Site of a William Penn treaty with Indians |
| 36% | MEL | 3 | With 6-Across, a man of many voices |
| 36% | HARD | 4 | With 6-Across, product of fermenting apples |
| 36% | BUG | 3 | With 6-Across, causes of summer itches |
| 36% | POWER | 5 | With 6-Across, source of generational wealth? |
| 36% | OMAHABEACH | 10 | Battle site of June 6, 1944 |
| 35% | ARLO | 4 | With 23-Across, singer of the song referenced at 6-Down |
| 35% | SPACE | 5 | With 6-Across, newly proposed branch of the military |