| 100% | CLARA | 5 | With 7-Down, the original “It” girl |
| 64% | STOP | 4 | Top 20 Spice Girls song with the lyric "Slow it down, read the sign" |
| 59% | CLARABOW | 8 | The original "It" girl |
| 56% | HEMLINE | 7 | It moves up and down with the fashion |
| 55% | WATER | 5 | With 7-Across, it might be the tallest structure in a small town |
| 53% | TREE | 4 | With 7-Down, it's seen on some trunks |
| 53% | WODNIW | 6 | With 7-Down, worker who likely knows the ropes |
| 53% | LEOPARD | 7 | According to Isaiah, it "shall lie down with the kid" |
| 50% | LIMA | 4 | With 7 Down, Andes capital city |
| 50% | CREEP | 5 | #1 TLC hit with the lyric "Just keep it on the down low" |
| 49% | DOW | 3 | It has its ups and downs, with "the" |
| 49% | CLOUD | 5 | With 3-Down, it makes the weather overcast |
| 49% | XSCAPE | 6 | "Just Kickin' It" girl group that was honored with the 2022 Soul Train Lady of Soul Award |
| 48% | TAZO | 4 | With 7 Down, brewed line Starbucks sold to Unilever |
| 48% | BAD | 3 | With 7-Down, Billie Eilish hit that won the 2020 Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 48% | KEANU | 5 | With 7-Down, actor who played Klaatu in 2008’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still” |
| 47% | CACAO | 5 | With 3-Down, its seeds are the source of chocolate |
| 47% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic hit with the line, "You better chow down or it's gonna get cold" |
| 47% | COLD | 4 | With 44-Down, conflict between 7-Down and the 34-Down |
| 46% | TITLE | 5 | With 54-Down, song with the same name as its album |
| 46% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 46% | NATIONALPASTIME | 15 | It's played at the 7-Down |
| 46% | NORTH | 5 | With 7-Across, top of the world? |
| 46% | INS | 3 | With 49 Down, the ropes |
| 46% | ITALIAN | 7 | With 49-Down, its form follows the pattern of the circled letters |
| 46% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 46% | SKI | 3 | With 7-Down, hill that people glide down in winter |
| 45% | LATE | 4 | With 7-Across, Stephen Colbert now hosts it |
| 45% | JENGA | 5 | With 7-Across, it often falls to pieces |
| 45% | NIMBUS | 6 | With 7-Across, sources of the circled words |