| 100% | ANDUP | 5 | Words that follow a starting price |
| 58% | AGENT | 5 | Word that follows "secret" to mean a spy |
| 57% | PEN | 3 | Word that follows "fountain" to mean a desk item |
| 57% | HOLE | 4 | Word that follows "black" to mean a space phenomenon |
| 56% | KEEPER | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refers to a stable caretaker |
| 56% | MARKET | 6 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a shadow economy |
| 56% | MEIN | 4 | Word that follows "lo" or "chow" on a Chinese menu |
| 56% | DEAR | 4 | Word that often starts a letter |
| 56% | VERB | 4 | Word that often follows a noun |
| 56% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows each starred answer to complete a film title |
| 56% | GOURD | 5 | Word that follows "bottle" or "snake" at a farmer's market |
| 56% | MEIN | 4 | Word that follows "chow" or "lo" on a Chinese restaurant menu |
| 56% | RADISH | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refer to a zesty root vegetable |
| 56% | LIST | 4 | Word that follows "black" to mean a record of banned items |
| 55% | RANGE | 5 | Word that can follow free or price |
| 55% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo heading |
| 55% | YOUREIT | 7 | Words that start a game of tag |
| 55% | DEAR | 4 | Word that a letter might start with |
| 55% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 55% | ERA | 3 | Word that may follow a president's name |
| 55% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo (2 wds.) |
| 54% | BETWEEN | 7 | Word that often follows "Think of a number..." |
| 54% | BOARD | 5 | Word that follows "surf" to mean a platform used to ride a wave |
| 54% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo heading (2 wds.) |
| 54% | DEAR | 4 | "___ Diary," words that start a diary entry |
| 53% | EACH | 4 | Word that follows "from" and "to" in a well known 1875 Karl Marx slogan |
| 53% | DRESS | 5 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a wardrobe staple often associated with elegance |
| 53% | WHATIF | 6 | Words that may start describing a hypothetical situation: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BRYN | 4 | Welsh word that starts a noted college name |
| 53% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows "black" to mean a small, dark fruit often used to make jam |