| 100% | ICANSO | 6 | Words that might elicit the response "Prove it!" |
| 52% | ORELSE | 6 | Words that may elicit a worried gulp |
| 49% | MERCI | 5 | French comment that may elicit the reply "de rien" |
| 48% | BUT | 3 | Word that might undermine the sincerity of an apology |
| 47% | STAR | 4 | Word that might precede Trek or Wars at the movies |
| 47% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 46% | MERCI | 5 | Comment that might get the response "de rien" |
| 46% | JOKE | 4 | Word that may follow the start of 20-, 25-, 44- or 50-Across |
| 46% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 46% | SIC | 3 | Word that may be used often when reporting on what the President says |
| 45% | COKE | 4 | Request that may garner the response "Is Pepsi okay?" |
| 45% | PIRANHA | 7 | It might bite the hand that feeds it |
| 44% | YOU | 3 | Word that completes the song titles "___ Baby" and "Baby It's ___" |
| 44% | UNSTABLE | 8 | Word that looks like it should mean "take the horse outside" |
| 44% | DELIVERY | 8 | Word that looks like it should mean "take the horse outside" |
| 44% | ONES | 4 | Bills that may prove helpful in solving the contest |
| 44% | SOCK | 4 | Garment that may lose its mate in the laundry |
| 43% | SOCK | 4 | Clothing item that might lose its mate in the laundry |
| 43% | FIRST | 5 | Word that may precede the initial parts of 17- and 62-Across and 9- and 33-Down |
| 43% | OFFER | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym if you add "pr" to the front |
| 43% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite by putting a "T" at the front |
| 43% | EVER | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite when "n" is added to the front |
| 43% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 43% | CAT | 3 | Pet that might clean itself with its leg in the air |
| 43% | GETA | 4 | Words that may precede the first words of 18-, 40- and 62-Across and 3- and 32-Down |
| 42% | HAND | 4 | Word that may precede the first parts of 17-, 37- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 42% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 42% | LATTE | 5 | Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 64-Across |
| 42% | GRAIN | 5 | Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 17-Across |
| 42% | STEIN | 5 | Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 11-Down |