| 100% | MCMIII | 6 | "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" was published in this year |
| 45% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 44% | ENRON | 5 | In early 2001, one of its executives notoriously said "From an accounting standpoint, this will be our easiest year ever" |
| 44% | DAYS | 4 | There are around 365 of these in a year |
| 43% | AUNT | 4 | Miranda or Jane, to Rebecca, in “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” |
| 43% | OCEAN | 5 | In June of this year NASA reported that exoplanets with one of these may actually be quite common |
| 42% | FYI | 3 | In case this is of interest... |
| 42% | PEREZ | 5 | Rosie who plays Det. Renee Montoya in this year's "Birds of Prey" |
| 42% | NOISE | 5 | Despite being inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Radiohead still produces this, to many people |
| 42% | ALLEGORY | 8 | Orwell's Animal Farm is this kind of story |
| 41% | MMLI | 4 | Year in the middle of this century |
| 41% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |
| 41% | CAPTAIN | 7 | This person is in command of the ship |
| 41% | LEAP | 4 | 2024 is this kind of year |
| 41% | SNOW | 4 | "It's the first ___ of the year! The holiday season is upon us! Look out for fun hidden themes throughout this month in DTC!" |
| 40% | THUNDER | 7 | In Norse mythology, Thor is the god of this |
| 40% | ADO | 3 | There was much of this in Shakespeare |
| 40% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this |
| 40% | PLEBE | 5 | Ike was one of these in 1911 |
| 40% | FEET | 4 | Three of these are in a yard |
| 40% | COLUMN | 6 | This answer is in the third one of this puzzle |
| 40% | OUTS | 4 | In baseball there are three of these in one inning |
| 40% | STRIKES | 7 | In baseball, three of these mean the batter is out |
| 40% | MATERIAL | 8 | Madonna was this type of girl in 1985 |
| 40% | CAPUCHIN | 8 | Marcel was this kind of monkey in Friends |
| 40% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this person |
| 40% | ACRES | 5 | There are 843 of these in Central Park |
| 40% | EYEBROWS | 8 | These are raised in an expression of surprise |
| 40% | YEARS | 5 | There are 100 of these in a century |
| 40% | SECONDS | 7 | There are 60 of these in a minute |