| 100% | SPACESTATION | 12 | "International ___," the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit to be continuously occupied for more than 17 years: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 27% | SPERMWHALE | 10 | One of the largest animals on the planet which, while smaller than its "blue" cousin, has the biggest brain proportional to its body: 2 wds. |
| 26% | WATER | 5 | What more than half of the human body is composed of |
| 26% | BINGCROSBY | 10 | Crooner who sings "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For" in the Thanksgiving scene of 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | ERICSSONGLOBE | 13 | Indoor arena in Stockholm which is the largest hemispherical building on Earth: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JANEADDAMS | 10 | First American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1931: 2 wds. |
| 25% | HALLPASS | 8 | Slip allowing a student to be in the corridor during class time: 2 wds. |
| 25% | NEOS | 4 | Small celestial bodies whose orbits are in proximity to ours, for short |
| 25% | SPACEJUNK | 9 | Human-made debris in orbit around the Earth |
| 24% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog who became the first living being to orbit the Earth in 1957 |
| 24% | CHESS | 5 | Game for which there are more possible iterations than atoms in the universe |
| 24% | FEET | 4 | Parts of the body that are slightly larger in the evening than morning |
| 24% | KATYPERRY | 9 | "Roar" singer with more than 42 million YouTube subscribers who was the first artist to have multiple music videos reach one billion views on YouTube (2 wds.) |
| 24% | CHEMLAB | 7 | Place to find the solution for a test, in more ways than one, informally |
| 24% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American tennis player to be ranked #1 in women's singles during the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | Netflix series, based on a cyberpunk novel, set more than 300 years in the future: 2 wds. |
| 24% | DIANNE | 6 | Feinstein who served in the Senate for more than thirty years |
| 24% | PINGAN | 6 | ___ International Finance Centre, skyscraper located in China said to be amongst the tallest buildings in the world: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ERODE | 5 | What the Colorado River will continue to do to the canyon for a few more zillion years |
| 23% | CAT | 3 | Tashirojima in Japan is commonly known as ___ Island as the feline population is larger than human population |
| 23% | OWED | 4 | "Never in the field of human conflict was so much ___ by so many to so few": Churchill |
| 23% | DOLDRUMS | 8 | In low spirit, to be in the __ |
| 23% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 23% | IVORY | 5 | Brand of soap flakes that was often used in the 1920s to make fake snow for Christmas decorations |
| 23% | SKIN | 4 | The largest organ in the human body |
| 23% | AGO | 3 | "More than 200 million years ___, 15a began to evolve and roam the Earth..." |
| 23% | GILMOREGIRLS | 12 | Dramedy series in which Rory attempts to make the world's biggest pizza for her mother's 35th birthday (2 wds.) |
| 23% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 23% | SAND | 4 | *Did you know that there are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of ___ on Earth? |