| 100% | BAD | 3 | "___ was the blood of the song in the cab / On your first trip to L.A." |
| 90% | TRIP | 4 | "Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first ___ to L.A." ("Invisible String" lyric) |
| 44% | AGAIN | 5 | "On the Road ___," song by Willie Nelson that would be a perfect addition to your road trip playlist |
| 42% | RETTON | 6 | Gymnast Mary Lou who was the first woman to appear on the front of a Wheaties box |
| 42% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BLUE | 4 | "Tangled Up in ___," 1975 song by Bob Dylan which is a part of his album, "Blood on the Tracks" |
| 42% | LISALESLIE | 10 | L.A. Sparks player who was the first to dunk in a W.N.B.A. game |
| 41% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 41% | HOUSE | 5 | ___ on the Rock, roadside attraction in Wisconsin with distinct architecture that would be a great stop on your road trip |
| 41% | FOMO | 4 | Reason to hit the town on a Friday night instead of staying home in your p.j.’s |
| 40% | HAND | 4 | "I Want to Hold Your ___," 1963 song by The Beatles which was their first number 1 hit in America |
| 40% | RNA | 3 | British org. for the support of "women’s fiction" and honestly, to be a member, the genre likely has to run in your genes? |
| 40% | CPK | 3 | A test to look at the levels of creatinine phosphokinase in the blood |
| 40% | ALYSSANAKKEN | 12 | First woman to coach on the field of a Major League Baseball game, for the San Francisco Giants in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CAP | 3 | Surgical ___, headwear worn in the operating room to maintain sterilization that could be a part of your "Doctor" Halloween costume |
| 39% | BONO | 4 | First musician to be a ''Time'' Person of the Year |
| 39% | PEAR | 4 | On the first day of Christmas, your true love may send you a partridge in this "poached fruit" tree |
| 39% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 39% | YOUSWEAR | 8 | Something done on a stack of Bibles or in response to someone stealing the cheesecake you were going to eat for breakfast |
| 39% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "You've Got a Friend" singer/pianist who was the first woman to win a Grammy for Song of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 38% | RAH | 3 | Cheer syllable repeated in the chorus of the Beach Boys song "Be True to Your School" |
| 38% | ALEC | 4 | Baldwin who was the first performer on screen in the current season of "Saturday Night Live" |
| 38% | EVER | 4 | "If you're ___ in a jam, here I am" (first line of the classic song "Friendship") |
| 38% | SUN | 3 | Let's pick the songs for your travel playlist! (1/3) "Island in the ___" by Weezer, a song about being on holiday at the beach |
| 38% | MYGALSAL | 8 | In song she was "a wild sort of devil, but dead on the level" |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | ABBA song that was the A-side of "Man in the Middle" |
| 38% | JACKSON | 7 | First US President to be the target of an assassination attempt (which failed), on January 30, 1835 |
| 38% | JACKIESTILES | 12 | 2016 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Division I player to score over 1,000 points in a season: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a phone in the White House—its number was "1" (1877) |
| 38% | MANDYPATINKIN | 13 | Tony- and Emmy-winning actor who was a guest on the "On Broadway" episode of "Finding Your Roots" in 2021 (2 wds.) |