| 100% | SMITHSONIAN | 11 | With 62-Across, venerable curiosity seeker |
| 58% | ONCE | 4 | With 62 Across, rehearsal request |
| 56% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 49% | DOWN | 4 | With 62-Across, Australia |
| 48% | BETE | 4 | With 62-Across, dreaded one |
| 48% | SHAD | 4 | With 62-Across, caviar variety |
| 48% | SWEET | 5 | With 62-Across, barbershop standard |
| 47% | POPULAR | 7 | With 62-Across, see 20-Across |
| 47% | DONTGIVEUP | 10 | With 62-Across, words of caution |
| 47% | WHATISACATEGORY | 15 | With 62-Across, the question is ... (!) |
| 47% | TOP | 3 | With 62-Across, comic's challenge |
| 47% | NEST | 4 | With 62-Across, some retirement savings |
| 47% | BEE | 3 | With 62-Across, persistent little obsession |
| 46% | KON | 3 | With 62-Across, a 1950 best seller |
| 46% | THEBESTTHINGSIN | 15 | With 62-Across, a caution to materialists |
| 46% | WORDFOR | 7 | With 62-Across, end of the query |
| 46% | CITIESONTHE | 11 | With 62-Across, theme of this puzzle |
| 46% | ODA | 3 | With 62-Across, Whoopi's "Ghost" role |
| 46% | ALAN | 4 | With 62-Across, "M*A*S*H" star |
| 45% | SILVERM | 7 | With 62-Across, Runner-up (who cracks ME up!) |
| 45% | SWEET | 5 | With 62-Across, a possible title for this puzzle |
| 45% | SEAN | 4 | With 62-Across, subject of "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" |
| 45% | WHEREOHWHEREHAS | 15 | With 62-Across, question in a children's song |
| 44% | HARRIS | 6 | Literally, with 62-Across, longtime action star |
| 44% | NICHOLAS | 8 | With 62 Across, Charles Dickens novel about a man trying to support his sister and widowed mother, featuring a Maine college |
| 44% | PARTY | 5 | With 62-Across, clue for 19-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 44% | SMOKIN | 6 | With 62-Down, 40-Across loser's nickname |
| 43% | NEON | 4 | With 62-Across, nickname for former N.F.L. star Sanders |
| 43% | GUNFIGHTAT | 10 | With 62-Across, renowned 1881 event that lasted about 30 seconds |
| 43% | BHAGAT | 6 | With 62-Across, person in a 1923 case challenging citizenship eligibility |