| 100% | AGAME | 5 | "Only —" (NPR show) |
| 89% | FRESHAIR | 8 | NPR show hosted by Terry Gross |
| 89% | CARTALK | 7 | Long-running NPR show |
| 84% | MEDIA | 5 | "On the ___," Peabody-winning NPR show |
| 83% | MIMED | 5 | Showed with actions only |
| 83% | SPORADIC | 8 | Only showing up occasionally |
| 82% | REHM | 4 | NPR's "The Diane ___ Show" |
| 81% | CEREMONIAL | 10 | For show only |
| 81% | TONITE | 6 | "___! 2 Shows Only!" |
| 79% | CARTALK | 7 | Popular NPR auto show |
| 77% | ASKME | 5 | "__ Another"; NPR radio game show |
| 77% | CARTALK | 7 | Longtime NPR call-in show |
| 77% | LUKEWARM | 8 | Only tepid, or not showing any enthusiasm |
| 76% | CARTALK | 7 | Former NPR show, or a description of the starred answers |
| 75% | FAN | 3 | Only the biggest one is at every show |
| 75% | REHM | 4 | Former NPR talk show host Diane |
| 73% | SSN | 3 | Only four-ninths of it is usually shown: Abbr. |
| 72% | CARTALK | 7 | NPR show from 1977 to 2021, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 71% | USA | 3 | "Latino ___" (NPR show) |
| 71% | IRA | 3 | NPR host Glass who cofounded the show "This American Life" |
| 69% | KATIECOURIC | 11 | Only person to guest-host "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" |
| 67% | AGAME | 5 | "Only __": NPR sports program |
| 67% | AGAME | 5 | NPR's "Only ___" |
| 66% | ISSUANT | 7 | Having only the upper part showing, as a heraldic beast |
| 66% | CARTALK | 7 | NPR show that ended with the hosts both saying, "Don't drive like my brother" (2 wds.) |
| 65% | ALEC | 4 | "The ___ Baldwin Show" (2018 talk show that only aired eight episodes) |
| 65% | COURIC | 6 | Only guest host in the 21 years of Leno's "The Tonight Show" |
| 65% | ALL | 3 | "___ Things Considered" (NPR show) |
| 64% | DAVE | 4 | Only character shown in the final 30 minutes of "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 64% | THEO | 4 | The only boy in the Huxtable family on "The Cosby Show" |