| 100% | JACUZZI | 7 | "I got the words ___ and yakuza confused. Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese mafia." (Dad joke) |
| 32% | BEACH | 5 | With 32-Across, 2022 single by 49-Across with the lyrics "I've got a weekend in paradise / And I'm probably gonna never call you" |
| 30% | ITSME | 5 | Words before and after "hi, I'm the problem" in Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" |
| 30% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in which my kid replaced the frosting with cheese and tried to get me to eat it |
| 29% | ATE | 3 | “I Accidentally ___ Some Chicken and Now I’m in Love with Harry Whittington” (Sharon Mesmer poem) |
| 28% | FIJI | 4 | I'm an island country in the South Pacific Ocean with a white dove and lion on my flag |
| 28% | JLO | 3 | She said, "I'm like a little roach. You think I'm gone for good ... But then you go to get a glass of water in the middle of the night, and boom! I got an album." |
| 28% | AYE | 3 | With 4-Across, what the pirate said on his 80th birthday, in a dad joke |
| 28% | ANZAC | 5 | In World War I, a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| 28% | MAMA | 4 | Word with the same meaning in English, Swahili and Mandarin, among other languages |
| 28% | WORKFROMHOME | 12 | Eschew the office, and what you get with the circled words |
| 27% | TAB | 3 | "Ola! I'm a dupe of cola! I hit the market in 1963 and I'm synonymous with a can opener" |
| 27% | LOVEDROUGHT | 11 | Beyonce song with the lyric "You and me could make it rain now" |
| 27% | MAYBE | 5 | Word loosely rhymed with “crazy” and “chase me” in a Carly Rae Jepsen song |
| 27% | SPUR | 4 | "Ola! I'm ___ cola, a dupe of cola! I was launched in 1948 and I'm synonymous with the San Antonio NBA team" |
| 27% | RYE | 3 | Word rhymed with "Pie," "dry" and "die," in the "American Pie" chorus |
| 26% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyric "I got me / And that's all I need" |
| 26% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyrics "I got me / And that's all I need" |
| 26% | MTV | 3 | Cable channel that debuted in 1981 with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" |
| 26% | DAYO | 4 | Refrain word in the song with the lyric "Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana" |
| 26% | STEEPS | 6 | Gets in hot water? |
| 26% | STEEP | 5 | Get in hot water? |
| 26% | GERMAN | 6 | I'm in Love With a __ Film Star, sang the Passions |
| 26% | SORRY | 5 | Word that fills in the blank "___ I'm not ___" |
| 26% | MELANIA | 7 | “___ and Me,” book sourced in part from surreptitious recordings of conversations with the First Lady (September, 2020) |
| 26% | BATHE | 5 | Get in hot water, say |
| 26% | WINE | 4 | "I cook with ___, and sometimes I even put it in the food" (quip) |
| 26% | NERD | 4 | Word coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo" that's now used to refer to stereotypically studious sorts |
| 26% | CHAPEL | 6 | "___ of Love" (song with the lyric "Gee, I really love you / And we're gonna get married") |
| 26% | PEPSI | 5 | "Ola! I'm a dupe of cola! I was invented in 1893 as "Brad's drink" and now I go head-to-head with Coca-Cola" |