| 100% | DALE | 4 | With 8-Down, "Happy Trails" songwriter |
| 59% | COMIC | 5 | With 8 Down, informal-looking typeface |
| 59% | DOT | 3 | With 8 Down, common URL suffix |
| 58% | UNA | 3 | With 8 Down, a girl in Guadalajara |
| 51% | LEADTHE | 7 | With 15 Down, blaze a trail |
| 50% | PHNOM | 5 | With 8-Down, Asian capital |
| 50% | FINE | 4 | With 8-Down, museum material |
| 50% | ALAN | 4 | With 8-Down, "Shane" star |
| 50% | LIGHT | 5 | With 8-Down, lime shade |
| 49% | CHAI | 4 | With 8-Down, spiced Starbucks offering |
| 48% | CUL | 3 | With 8-Down, street with no outlet |
| 48% | ENG | 3 | With 8-Down, course that includes Shak. |
| 48% | IDI | 3 | With 8-Down, deposer of Milton Obote |
| 48% | AFTERA | 6 | With 8-Down, a reply's start |
| 48% | LAILA | 5 | With 8-Down, boxer who retired undefeated |
| 48% | ISSA | 4 | With 8-Down, "Awkward Black Girl" creator |
| 48% | CTRL | 4 | With 8-Down, part of some shortcuts |
| 48% | VERMONT | 7 | With 8-Down, light blue Monopoly property |
| 48% | SIAMESE | 7 | With 8-Down, feline such as Sagwa |
| 47% | ISAAC | 5 | With 8-Down, "The Stars, Like Dust" author |
| 47% | GRAY | 4 | With 8-Down, source of an ethical dilemma |
| 47% | BURL | 4 | With 8-Down, "A Holly Jolly Christmas" singer |
| 47% | OMELET | 6 | Brunch fare made with 8-Down |
| 47% | SON | 3 | 8-Down, with "the" |
| 47% | LET | 3 | 8-Down, with "up" |
| 46% | IHAVE | 5 | With 4 Down, M.L.K. declaration of 8/28/63 |
| 46% | GETS | 4 | With 8-Down, takes a lot of shots, say |
| 46% | DEADWE | 6 | With 8-Down, literally, one just taking up space |
| 46% | BALL | 4 | With 8-Down, much-watched event at midnight tonight |
| 46% | SENATE | 6 | With 8-Down, possible source for a political journalist |