| 100% | MCMIII | 6 | Year of the 21-Acrosses' first 25-Across |
| 60% | KITTYHAWK | 9 | With 41-Across, location of the first successful 25-Across |
| 60% | BALL | 4 | The first lady of TV sitcoms, married to 41 across |
| 56% | TWENTYQUESTIONS | 15 | Game suggested by the first words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 55% | DII | 3 | First year of the Liang dynasty |
| 55% | ONEAD | 5 | First year of the Common Era |
| 55% | MDI | 3 | First year of the XVIth century |
| 55% | CMI | 3 | First year of the 10th century |
| 55% | TWO | 3 | Number of years that passed before the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached African Americans in 25-Across |
| 55% | ONEAD | 5 | The first year of the Common Era |
| 55% | MCM | 3 | Year of the first Davis Cup matches |
| 54% | ANGER | 5 | Emotion of the 30 Across |
| 54% | ROMANS | 6 | Foes of the 65 Across |
| 54% | INTEGRATION | 11 | Goal of the 26 Across |
| 54% | ADAM | 4 | First of the 66-Across |
| 54% | BACKFLOW | 8 | Returning movement of water (and a description of the first part of 15 Across) |
| 54% | MATTER | 6 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 54% | MDXI | 4 | Year of the first Spanish settlement in Cuba |
| 54% | LATINA | 6 | Not one of the 56 Across |
| 54% | WOOD | 4 | With 68-Across, a hint to the ends of 21-, 25-, 45- and 52-Across |
| 54% | CHROMEEXTENSION | 15 | Adblock Plus or Privacy Badger ... or the first word of 17-, 25-, or 49-Across? |
| 54% | LETSEAT | 7 | "Dinner!" ... and a hint to the first word of 21-, 27-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 53% | COLECO | 6 | Old video game company whose first four letters match the middle four letters of 115 Across |
| 53% | ERMINES | 7 | Cousins of the 25-Across |
| 53% | JANUARY | 7 | First month of the year |
| 53% | JAN | 3 | First mo. of the year |
| 52% | YEARZERO | 8 | First year of the Khmer Rouge's rule in Cambodia |
| 52% | DES | 3 | First word of the capital of 15-Across |
| 52% | ARIES | 5 | Source of the fleece found by 105 Across |
| 52% | CASEY | 5 | Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across |