| 100% | LIVE | 4 | With 7-Across, be in the lap of luxury |
| 59% | WEALTH | 6 | Living in the lap of luxury means one has this |
| 57% | WATER | 5 | With 7-Across, it might be the tallest structure in a small town |
| 55% | PHSCALE | 7 | 7 is in the middle of it |
| 53% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 51% | PHARRELL | 8 | With 42-Across, "Happy" singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 |
| 50% | EASYSTREET | 10 | The lap of luxury |
| 49% | ATE | 3 | Verb in the answer to the riddle "Why is 6 afraid of 7?" |
| 49% | ATE | 3 | Verb in the answer to the riddle "Why was 6 afraid of 7?" |
| 49% | ICHIRO | 6 | With 41-Across, Japanese baseball player who was named both AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in 2001 |
| 49% | PLAY | 4 | With 7-Across, ignore the score, in a way |
| 48% | NANCY | 5 | With 44-Across, golfer who was named both LPGA Rookie of the Year and LPGA Player of the Year in 1978 |
| 48% | OUTER | 5 | With 7-Across, what's visible in the night sky |
| 48% | LEGALITY | 8 | Quality of being in accordance with the law |
| 48% | DRY | 3 | With 10 Across, what cannot be seen in the house after a tearjerker |
| 48% | BOOBY | 5 | With 127 Across, one of many devices thwarting the burglars in "Home Alone" |
| 48% | WHITE | 5 | With 7-Across, the sound of rain or a whirring fan |
| 48% | WHITE | 5 | With 7-Across, building on the back of a $20 bill |
| 48% | OCTAL | 5 | Kind of number system in which 7 is the highest digit |
| 47% | NORTH | 5 | With 7-Across, top of the world? |
| 47% | ATTEND | 6 | Be in the crowd of |
| 47% | ACTIN | 5 | Be in the cast of |
| 47% | USED | 4 | Being in the habit of |
| 47% | SERVESAS | 8 | Is in the role of |
| 47% | OWESTO | 6 | Is in the debt of |
| 47% | ACTEDIN | 7 | Was in the cast of |
| 47% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 47% | NIMBUS | 6 | With 7-Across, sources of the circled words |
| 47% | SLEEPS | 6 | Is in the arms of Morpheus |
| 47% | SLEPT | 5 | Was in the arms of Morpheus |