| 100% | STEPFORMAN | 10 | "One small ____, one giant leap for mankind," what 31a was initially thought to have said upon landing on the Moon: 3 wds. |
| 36% | FORMANKIND | 10 | Famous words from 30a after stepping on the Moon's surface, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap ___.": 2 wds. |
| 31% | BREAKMYHEART | 12 | Dua Lipa single on the album "Future Nostalgia" with the lyrics "I've always been the one to say the first goodbye / Had to love and lose a hundred million times" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 28% | JOHNMADDEN | 10 | Football player turned broadcaster who was the first one to have worked for all of the "Big Four" TV networks: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LEAP | 4 | "That's one small step for man, one giant ___ for mankind." NASA's first words from the moon |
| 27% | BUZZALDRIN | 10 | Lunar module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission and one of the first two humans to land on the moon: 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. |
| 27% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 27% | BRITA | 5 | With 73-Across, insert for some water pitchers, or what has been used row-by-row on the answers to the starred clues? |
| 26% | STEP | 4 | "One small ___ for man, one giant leap for mankind" |
| 26% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |
| 26% | STEP | 4 | "That's one small ___ for man, one giant leap for mankind" |
| 26% | LEADFOOT | 8 | What a speed-happy driver is said to have: 2 wds. |
| 26% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | 1965 #1 hit for the Byrds that had the subtitle "To Everything There Is a Season": 3 wds. |
| 26% | 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.) |
| 25% | ARK | 3 | Boat that is said to have landed on Mount Ararat |
| 25% | IMALLEARS | 9 | "Let me hear what you have to say": 3 wds. |
| 25% | ARARAT | 6 | Mount on which Noah's Ark is said to have landed |
| 25% | WAFFLES | 7 | Goes back and forth on what to have for breakfast, say |
| 25% | ARGUS | 5 | Giant whose eyes are said to have been transferred to the peacock's tail |
| 25% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 25% | INSIDETHENFL | 12 | Sports show that has been on the air since 1977: 3 wds. |
| 25% | WAVELENGTH | 10 | It's good for team members to be on the same one |
| 25% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | Astronaut whose birthday it is today, who became the first man to set foot on the Moon: 2 wds. |
| 25% | RABBI | 5 | Osnat Barzani is thought by some to have been the first female one |
| 25% | ROTTENEGG | 9 | What the "last one in" is, when running to the pool: 2 wds. |
| 25% | WARRENGHARDING | 14 | U.S. president who, in 1922, became the first president to have his voice transmitted on the radio (3 wds.) |
| 25% | BORNLOSERS | 10 | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| 25% | MEETTHEPRESS | 12 | Current-events interview show that has been on the air since 1947: 3 wds. |