| 100% | TSAR | 4 | Word that's an accidental acronym of a Hemingway title |
| 47% | OUI | 3 | French 101 word that's also the title of a Jeremih song |
| 46% | DRE | 3 | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41-Down |
| 46% | MINUTE | 6 | Word that's either a unit of time or an adjective, depending on which syllable you stress |
| 45% | ACTOR | 5 | Word that's an apt anagram of CO-STAR minus S |
| 45% | NAIAD | 5 | Word that's aptly an anagram of Diana Nyad's first name and a homophone of her last name |
| 43% | NOUN | 4 | Word that's an example of itself |
| 43% | STIFLE | 6 | Word that's an anagram of itself |
| 43% | TUMBLER | 7 | Word that can mean a type of drinking glass or an acrobat |
| 42% | ROWS | 4 | Word that's a homophone of "rose" |
| 42% | AUTO | 4 | Word that's a homophone of "Otto" |
| 42% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 42% | CADRE | 5 | Word for a small military group that's also an anagram of raced |
| 41% | TOO | 3 | Word that's a homophone of a number |
| 41% | THE | 3 | Word that distinguishes an H.G. Wells novel from a similarly titled Ralph Ellison novel |
| 41% | ASICS | 5 | Sneaker brand that’s an acronym of a Latin phrase meaning “a sound mind in a healthy body” |
| 41% | OWE | 3 | Word that's a homophone of its first letter |
| 41% | OLDMAN | 6 | Part of a Hemingway title |
| 41% | SEA | 3 | Part of a Hemingway title |
| 41% | OLDMAN | 6 | Subject of a Hemingway title |
| 41% | TOHAVE | 6 | Start of a Hemingway title |
| 41% | RISES | 5 | End of a Hemingway title |
| 41% | TREES | 5 | Last of a Hemingway title |
| 41% | STAN | 4 | Word meaning "superfan" that comes from the title of an Eminem song |
| 41% | ALT | 3 | Word on an online photo that links to a description of it |
| 40% | ERAT | 4 | Latin word that's an anagram of 62-Across |
| 40% | PINTA | 5 | Spanish word that's aptly an anagram of "paint" |
| 40% | NEE | 3 | French word that's a homophone of 47-Across |
| 40% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |
| 40% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |