| 100% | LATE | 4 | With 7-Across, Stephen Colbert now hosts it |
| 45% | NEW | 3 | With 7-Across, its eve is quickly approaching |
| 42% | ABBEY | 5 | With 7-Across, Beatles album with a zebra crossing on its cover |
| 42% | APPLE | 5 | With 7-Across, longtime cereal brand with a fruit in its name |
| 41% | WATER | 5 | With 7-Across, it might be the tallest structure in a small town |
| 37% | TREE | 4 | With 7-Down, it's seen on some trunks |
| 36% | TOTHEBACK | 9 | With 65 Across, ''Move it!'' |
| 36% | OLD | 3 | With 7-Across, father |
| 36% | SMART | 5 | With 7-Across, wiseacre |
| 36% | GAME | 4 | With 7-Across, strategy |
| 35% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 35% | OPEN | 4 | With 7-Across, go "Aaaaaaah" |
| 35% | BLANK | 5 | With 7-Across, unrhyming poetry |
| 35% | BROWN | 5 | With 7-Across, sycophantic type |
| 35% | CLOSE | 5 | With 7-Across, near proximity |
| 35% | LABOR | 5 | With 7-Across, employment pool |
| 35% | SILLY | 5 | With 7-Across, total goofball |
| 35% | SALES | 5 | With 7-Across, product lines? |
| 35% | MADE | 4 | With 7-Across, proved profitable |
| 34% | ROSIE | 5 | With 68 Across, former daytime TV host |
| 34% | EBAY | 4 | Website with "Buy It Now" buttons |
| 34% | FIT | 3 | With 7-Across, dovetail with, say |
| 34% | DAVID | 5 | With 7-Across, "Space Oddity" singer |
| 34% | OUTOF | 5 | With 7-Across, kind of tuition |
| 34% | MELLO | 5 | With 7-Across, rhyming citrus soda |
| 34% | BOSOM | 5 | With 7-Across, really close friend |
| 34% | PAPER | 5 | With 7-Across, pulp processing places |
| 34% | PRICE | 5 | With 7-Across, consumers' cost catalogs |
| 34% | AVANT | 5 | With 7-Across, artistically envelope-pushing |
| 34% | BLOCK | 5 | With 7-Across, fun neighborhood event |