| 100% | SKI | 3 | With 8-Across, winter break getaway |
| 59% | NORTH | 5 | WIth 8-Across, diplomatically negotiated participant in the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 58% | ANIMAL | 6 | With 8 Across, raising livestock |
| 49% | BASE | 4 | With 8-Across, binary |
| 48% | MAKE | 4 | With 8-Across, add up |
| 48% | GOT | 3 | With 8-Across, required reorientation |
| 48% | SOME | 4 | With 8-Across, "What gall!" |
| 47% | JEB | 3 | With 8-Across, 2016 presidential hopeful |
| 47% | CHOP | 4 | With 8-Across, stir-fried entree |
| 47% | EARTH | 5 | With 8-Across, annual environmental celebration |
| 47% | PUPPY | 5 | With 8-Across, cute, pleading look |
| 47% | BAKED | 5 | With 8-Across, barbecue side dish |
| 47% | HEART | 5 | With 8-Across, modern love symbol |
| 47% | SCARY | 5 | With 8-Across, 2000 slasher parody |
| 47% | SAY | 3 | With 8-Across, pourer's instruction |
| 46% | WISE | 4 | With 8-Across, Sonia Sotomayor, self-professedly |
| 46% | RODEO | 5 | With 8-Across, Beverly Hills shopping district |
| 46% | SEASALT | 7 | With 8-Across, World records? * Natural seasoning |
| 46% | BOWL | 4 | With 8-Across, January college football event |
| 46% | ROAD | 4 | With 8-Across, vacation in a car |
| 46% | AUTUMN | 6 | With 8-Across, they fall during fall |
| 46% | GREEN | 5 | With 8-Across, pot roast side dish |
| 46% | SALAD | 5 | With 8-Across, period of youthful innocence |
| 46% | POUND | 5 | With 8-Across, bits of British currency |
| 46% | LONDON | 6 | With 8-Across, world's oldest subway system? |
| 46% | AREA | 4 | With 8-Across, part of a phone number |
| 46% | FIRST | 5 | With 8-Across, big milestone for a baby |
| 46% | SUN | 3 | With 8-Across, Chinese general and military strategist |
| 46% | REAL | 4 | With 8-Across, economic fig. adjusted for inflation |
| 46% | GUESS | 5 | With 8-Across, "So much for that theory" |