| 100% | TRAGIC | 6 | With 98-Down, Oedipus and Willy Loman |
| 50% | ERE | 3 | With 98 Down, soon |
| 46% | SALESMEN | 8 | Willy Loman and his ilk |
| 43% | ADDUPTOFIFTEEN | 14 | With 98-Across, 34-Down and 48-Down, what each line in the center square should do |
| 41% | BALD | 4 | With ''-faced'' and 65 Down, whopper |
| 41% | SET | 3 | With ''to'' and 26 Down, pacify |
| 41% | ILL | 3 | Down with cough and cold, say |
| 40% | RUB | 3 | Start with down and out |
| 40% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |
| 40% | JIM | 3 | With 98-Down, "Mad Money" host |
| 39% | OURBODIES | 9 | With 3 Down, groundbreaking book about health and sexuality |
| 39% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 39% | PATTI | 5 | With 98-Down, Broadway's first Evita |
| 38% | LADDERS | 7 | Chutes and __, board game with ups and downs |
| 38% | HEMLINE | 7 | It moves up and down with the fashion |
| 38% | EAT | 3 | With 98-Down, have a meal around noon |
| 38% | DOW | 3 | It has its ups and downs, with "the" |
| 38% | EMO | 3 | With 100 Down, fusion genre for Juice Wrld and Yung Lean |
| 37% | YOYO | 4 | A toy with a string that rolls up and down |
| 37% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a spool that has its ups and downs |
| 36% | SAINT | 5 | With 79 Down, canonized Norwegian king and the namesake of a Minnesota college |
| 36% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a string, goes down and comes back up: Hyph. |
| 36% | YOYOING | 7 | Playing with a toy that goes up and down on string |
| 36% | CAUGHTABUG | 10 | Came down with something, and what each theme answer has done |
| 36% | EHOW | 4 | Website with menu headers such as Chow Down and Get Crafty |
| 35% | ABOVE | 5 | With 4-Down, first and foremost |
| 35% | NAMBY | 5 | With 51-Down, weak and indecisive |
| 35% | JET | 3 | With 25-Down, 727 and 747 |
| 35% | ZIP | 3 | With 50-Down, 90210 and others |
| 35% | HEAD | 4 | With 19-Down, hats and such |