| 100% | ENG | 3 | With 8-Down, course that includes Shak. |
| 50% | SARA | 4 | With 8-Down, dessert brand that "nobody doesn't like" |
| 50% | PRECALC | 7 | Course that includes trig |
| 48% | COMIC | 5 | With 8 Down, informal-looking typeface |
| 48% | DOT | 3 | With 8 Down, common URL suffix |
| 47% | UNA | 3 | With 8 Down, a girl in Guadalajara |
| 46% | EIDERS | 6 | Courses that get you down? |
| 44% | SALAD | 5 | Course that's often topped with dressing |
| 43% | GUESS | 5 | With 8-Across, "So much for that theory" |
| 43% | ARTHISTORY | 10 | Course that might include units on Impressionism and Cubism |
| 43% | OPEN | 4 | With 8-Across, test format that eschews rote memorization |
| 42% | DEV | 3 | With 40 Down, group that builds apps |
| 41% | JANE | 4 | With 2-Down, book that includes the line "Conventionality is not morality" |
| 41% | PIXIE | 5 | With 8-Across, magical substance that enables flight in "Peter Pan" |
| 41% | CRIMINALJUSTICE | 15 | Course of study that may include forensics |
| 41% | SUITSME | 7 | "I'm down with that" |
| 41% | OKAY | 4 | "I'm down with that" |
| 41% | PHNOM | 5 | With 8-Down, Asian capital |
| 41% | FINE | 4 | With 8-Down, museum material |
| 41% | ALAN | 4 | With 8-Down, "Shane" star |
| 41% | LIGHT | 5 | With 8-Down, lime shade |
| 40% | SUGAR | 5 | With 8-Across, tree that produces nearly two-foot-long cones |
| 40% | FETE | 4 | Festive outdoor party that includes stalls with games and food |
| 40% | DALE | 4 | With 8-Down, "Happy Trails" songwriter |
| 40% | CHAI | 4 | With 8-Down, spiced Starbucks offering |
| 40% | PORKY | 5 | With 8-Down, Looney Tunes character who says "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" |
| 40% | ESL | 3 | Course that might be taken along with U.S. citizenship test prep, maybe |
| 39% | INTRO | 5 | College course that might be skipped with AP credit, for short |
| 39% | SKI | 3 | With 7-Down, hill that people glide down in winter |
| 39% | HAUNTED | 7 | With 66-Across, spooky property that might include a 20-Across and a 7-, 25- and 28-Down |