| 100% | SMOKIN | 6 | With 62-Down, 40-Across loser's nickname |
| 47% | WEB | 3 | With 62 Down, online address |
| 47% | INTWOWORDS | 10 | With 40 Across, Goldwyn's ''No way!'' |
| 46% | NEON | 4 | With 62-Across, nickname for former N.F.L. star Sanders |
| 46% | SEMI | 4 | With 62 Down, certain part-time payee |
| 45% | BEAUTY | 6 | With 33-Down, where to go for the ends of 16-, 20-, 40-, 56- and 62-Across |
| 44% | DESK | 4 | With 62-Down, office worker's ensemble |
| 44% | THEGREATEST | 11 | 40-Across winner's nickname |
| 44% | ONCE | 4 | With 62 Across, rehearsal request |
| 43% | TOP | 3 | With 62-Across, comic's challenge |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 43% | ODA | 3 | With 62-Across, Whoopi's "Ghost" role |
| 42% | ALAN | 4 | With 62-Across, "M*A*S*H" star |
| 41% | WHEREOHWHEREHAS | 15 | With 62-Across, question in a children's song |
| 41% | TUNA | 4 | With 40 Across, diner orders |
| 41% | PUERTO | 6 | With 40 Down, American commonwealth |
| 40% | FRANCHISE | 9 | Nickname of 10 Across, with "The" |
| 40% | THE | 3 | With 83-Down, Idaho’s nickname |
| 39% | SHRIMP | 6 | With 40 Across, seafood dish with garlic |
| 39% | ORONO | 5 | With 40-Down, Down East university town |
| 39% | FISTBUMPOR | 10 | With 40 and 64 Across, congratulatory choices |
| 39% | DEV | 3 | With 40 Down, group that builds apps |
| 39% | HOV | 3 | With 40-Across, car pooler's perk |
| 39% | ACT | 3 | With 62-Down, be demure |
| 39% | EAR | 3 | With 62-Down, animal identifier |
| 39% | PLAY | 4 | With 62-Down, lie motionless |
| 39% | SMELLSLIKE | 10 | With 40-Across, Nirvana's biggest hit: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THANKSFOR | 9 | With 40-Across, 8-Across's signature song |
| 39% | DEVILED | 7 | With 40 Down, hard-boiled hors d'oeuvre |
| 39% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |