| 100% | SAME | 4 | With 65-Down, "Ditto" |
| 95% | FAST | 4 | With 65 Down, flimflam |
| 79% | UPA | 3 | With 65-Down, stuck |
| 77% | ARMS | 4 | With 65-Down, technological escalations |
| 76% | IST | 3 | Suffix with 65-Down |
| 75% | OLIVE | 5 | With 65-Down, toon sister of Castor |
| 73% | WYATT | 5 | With 65-Down, brother of Virgil and Morgan |
| 69% | NORMA | 5 | With 65-Down, movie for which Sally Field won an Oscar |
| 66% | SIGMA | 5 | With 65-Down, 160-year-old fraternity founded at Miami University of Ohio |
| 64% | SPEED | 5 | With 2-Down, 65 miles per hour, say |
| 63% | BALD | 4 | With ''-faced'' and 65 Down, whopper |
| 61% | PALE | 4 | With 65-Across, hoppy brews |
| 61% | BLUE | 4 | With 65 Across, ''deep'' locale |
| 61% | ARMY | 4 | With 65-Across, fierce marcher |
| 61% | DISC | 4 | With 65 Across, Xbox part |
| 61% | TOTHEBACK | 9 | With 65 Across, ''Move it!'' |
| 61% | NEW | 3 | With 65-Across, calendar start |
| 61% | ALISON | 6 | With 65-Across, "GLOW" star |
| 61% | KEEN | 4 | With 65-Across, particularly perceptive |
| 61% | LYCRA | 5 | Stretchy 65 Down |
| 60% | RENE | 4 | With 65-Across, former French president |
| 60% | WYATT | 5 | With 65-Across, Dodge City lawman |
| 60% | CAMINO | 6 | With 65-Across, a Spanish highway |
| 60% | ALA | 3 | With 65-Across, like some orders |
| 60% | IDONT | 5 | With 65-Across, "Not a clue" |
| 60% | LANA | 4 | With 65-Across, Superboy's sweetheart |
| 60% | ERICA | 5 | With 65-Across, Susan Lucci role |
| 60% | TANDEM | 6 | With 65-Across, two-person vehicle |
| 58% | GOODLO | 6 | With 65-Across, doctor's advice, perhaps |
| 58% | CHIA | 4 | With 65 Across, morsel in a smoothie |