| 100% | UPTHEWRONG | 10 | "Barking ___ tree", asking the wrong person or following the wrong path: 3 wds. |
| 34% | INERROR | 7 | Barking up the wrong tree |
| 34% | ERRS | 4 | Barks up the wrong tree |
| 34% | ERR | 3 | Bark up the wrong tree |
| 34% | TURNITUP | 8 | "Louder" or "increase the volume," say: 3 wds. |
| 33% | FELLFORIT | 9 | Took the bait, or was successfully pranked: 3 wds. |
| 33% | WHITEHOUSEDOG | 13 | Barking member of the First Family: 3 wds. |
| 32% | BIRCH | 5 | Tree with thin peeling bark such as the silver — or yellow — |
| 32% | ONANDOFF | 8 | Intermittently, or the two positions for a light switch: 3 wds. |
| 31% | HIGHHORSE | 9 | Arrogant person's place ... or what the answers to 3-, 7-, and 16-Down share? |
| 31% | BIRCH | 5 | Tree or shrub with thin peeling bark such as the silver — or yellow — |
| 30% | SAP | 3 | Gullible person, or the liquid in a pine tree |
| 30% | INCA | 4 | People who built the Qhapaq Ñan, or "Royal Road," which stretched roughly 3,700 miles |
| 30% | ALLISCALM | 9 | What follows "Silent night, holy night.." in the popular Christmas carol: 3 wds. |
| 29% | LETITBE | 7 | 1970 Beatles song whose title follows the lyrics "Speaking words of wisdom": 3 wds. |
| 29% | WITHOUTATRACE | 13 | CBS crime drama featuring the Missing Persons Unit of the 1-Across (3 wds.) |
| 29% | THECIVILWARS | 12 | Duo who recorded 18-Across, or the title of their 2013 album: 3 wds. |
| 29% | OUTOFTIME | 9 | 1991 multi-platinum R.E.M. album with the song "Shiny Happy People": 3 wds. |
| 29% | ABOUTDAMNTIME | 13 | Lizzo song that won the People's Choice Award for Song of 2022: 3 wds. |
| 28% | FMURRAYABRAHAM | 14 | "The Grand Budapest Hotel" actor whose surname is a person in the book of Genesis: 3 wds. |
| 28% | LIFEGOESON | 10 | 2020 BTS song that debuted at #1, but fell 27 spots the following week: 3 wds. |
| 28% | THEATEAM | 8 | NBC action-adventure series of the 1980s, or a 2011 song by Ed Sheeran: 3 wds. |
| 28% | AMISH | 5 | People who follow the Ordnung |
| 27% | SOMEONELIKEYOU | 14 | 2011 follow-up to "Rolling in the Deep" that was Adele's second straight #1 single: 3 wds. |
| 27% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | ERRED | 5 | Texted the wrong person, say |
| 27% | ERRS | 4 | Texts the wrong person, say |
| 27% | ERR | 3 | Email the wrong person, say |
| 27% | ERR | 3 | Text the wrong person, say |
| 27% | ATOZ | 4 | The entire alphabet: 3 wds. |