| 100% | OPERA | 5 | "Of all the noises known to man, ___ is the most expensive" (Moliere) |
| 95% | OPERA | 5 | Of all the noises known to man, it is the most expensive, per an old quip |
| 52% | STORY | 5 | The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known to man |
| 48% | OPRAH | 5 | One of the most influential Americans, who is known as "The Queen of All Media" |
| 48% | SARAZEN | 7 | Gene who was the first man to win all four of golf’s modern majors |
| 46% | GOD | 3 | "That infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part," per Tolstoy |
| 46% | OLDAGE | 6 | "The most unexpected of all things that happen to a man," per Leon Trotsky |
| 45% | MARS | 4 | Location of the tallest peak known to man |
| 44% | ABC | 3 | Industrial area of Sao Paulo, Brazil, that's home to many auto manufacturers and is known as the "___ Region" |
| 44% | BUGATTI | 7 | The Chiron is one of their most expensive models |
| 44% | DOOM | 4 | First-person shooter game released in 1993 by id Software which is considered to be one of the most influential video games of all time |
| 43% | ADAM | 4 | Ancestor of all men according to the Bible |
| 43% | TEA | 3 | S___k is one of the most expensive items on any restaurant menu |
| 43% | REPTILES | 8 | "Out of all the ___ to ever exist on Earth, 15a were the largest species..." |
| 42% | SLOGANS | 7 | Just Do It' is one of the most widely known |
| 42% | QUINOA | 6 | Foodstuff known as "mother of all grains" to the Inca |
| 42% | EQUAL | 5 | How all men are created, per the Declaration of Independence |
| 41% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| 41% | NEE | 3 | One of the most common football injuries are injuries to the k___ |
| 41% | CAESAR | 6 | Speaker of the line "He thinks too much: such men are dangerous" |
| 41% | CRETE | 5 | ___ Island, most populous Greek island rumored to be the birthplace of Zeus |
| 41% | AYNRAND | 7 | Who wrote "Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think" |
| 41% | LETO | 4 | Actor Jared who is the front man of Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| 41% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hockney, queer artist behind the most expensive artwork by a living artist to be auctioned in 2018 |
| 41% | TITANIC | 7 | 1997 disaster film starring Kate Winslet that was one of the most expensive period films ever made |
| 41% | ALL | 3 | Mother of ___, descriptive phrase used to refer to something that is the most epic of its kind |
| 41% | QUASAR | 6 | One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe |
| 41% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | American professional golfer who according to Forbes is the second highest-paid athlete of all time: Abbr. |
| 41% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Chicago Bulls legend who according to Forbes is the highest-paid athlete of all time: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |