| 100% | LOOKAT | 6 | "___ the Flowers", title of "The Walking Dead" episode which aired on AMC on March 29 of this year |
| 40% | NIK | 3 | Erendira's husband who walked across the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua on a high wire in March of this year |
| 38% | BANG | 4 | American Sitcom "The Big ___ Theory" based on lives of four socially awkward friends which will air its final season this year (2019) |
| 36% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Fantasy drama set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos which will air its final season this year (2019): 3 wds. |
| 34% | KERI | 4 | Actress Russell who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year |
| 34% | GAYLEKING | 9 | Anchor on "CBS This Morning" (which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the crossword puzzle on today's episode): 2 wds. |
| 34% | GOODBYE | 7 | With 32-Across and 54-Across, title of the final episode of "M*A*S*H," which aired February 28, 1983 |
| 33% | BARTTHEGENIUS | 13 | Second episode of 18-Across, which aired on January 14, 1990 (3 wds.) |
| 33% | GNR | 3 | Group still scheduled to play at the Estereo Picnic, Bogota, Colombia on December 6 of this year (abbr.) |
| 33% | BROADCITY | 9 | American sitcom based on Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's real life friendship which will air its ending with the final season this year (2019): 2 wds. |
| 33% | DAK | 3 | QB ___ Prescott on whom the Cowboys placed a franchise tag of $31.4 million on March 16 this year |
| 32% | DST | 3 | Something Germans spring into on March 29 this year |
| 32% | WBA | 3 | Jessica McCaskill (USA) has held the super lightweight title of this org. since May last year |
| 31% | RALPHWAITE | 10 | "Days of Our Lives" actor who played John Walton Sr. on "The Waltons," which debuted 50 years ago this week (2 wds.) |
| 31% | IDES | 4 | Three days before the start of this year's March Madness |
| 31% | OUST | 4 | What the president did to Mick Mulvaney in March of this year |
| 31% | WED | 3 | Day of the wk. on which this puzzle was released |
| 30% | TARA | 4 | ___ Chambler (played by Alanna Masterson) of AMC's "The Walking Dead" |
| 29% | CLEM | 4 | Alt-country band "___ Snide" who released the album "Forever Just Beyond" in March of this year |
| 29% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | "Flowers" Record of the Year Grammy nominee who was born on November 23, 1992 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ESPN | 4 | Network whose final episode of "Around the Horn" aired on May 23, 2025 |
| 29% | NINE | 4 | Musical whose numerical title adds one-half to that of the Fellini film on which it is based |
| 29% | WEST | 4 | The half of the keyboard on which all of this puzzle's answers can be typed |
| 28% | STOPAZOMBIE | 11 | What any of the many weapons on "The Walking Dead" is intended to do? |
| 28% | CCV | 3 | Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta, which, as you undoubtedly know, started on a Tuesday |
| 28% | AMBASSADOR | 10 | Todd C. Chapman assumed this office in Brasilia at the end of March this year |
| 28% | ROBIN | 5 | "___ Hood," movie starring Jamie Foxx which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 28% | OUTLAW | 6 | "___ King," movie starring Chris Pine which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 28% | THEAFFAIR | 9 | American drama based on the extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart and will air its final season this year (2019): 2 wds. |
| 28% | LONELYBOY | 9 | Hit song by Paul Anka which was also used as the title of the documentary made on him: 2 wds. |