| 100% | NEER | 4 | "Success is counted sweetest / By those who ___ succeed": Emily Dickinson |
| 68% | SWEETEST | 8 | "Success is counted ___ / By those who ne'er succeed": Dickinson |
| 47% | EMILY | 5 | "Success is counted sweetest" poet Dickinson |
| 43% | ALITTLEMADNESS | 14 | Start of a poem by Emily Dickinson that continues "But God be with the Clown, / Who ponders this tremendous scene" |
| 40% | NIT | 3 | It's picked by those who are picky |
| 39% | LONERS | 6 | Those who prefer to be by themselves |
| 37% | EMILY | 5 | ___ Dickinson, American poet who is known for her lyrical poem "Success is counted sweetest" |
| 36% | HBOGO | 5 | Streaming service that was succeeded by Max |
| 34% | STEVEBALLMER | 12 | Microsoft CEO who was succeeded by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DOCTOR | 6 | A Who that's been portrayed by at least 13 actors |
| 34% | SHEEP | 5 | Animals that may be counted by insomniacs |
| 33% | DIAMOND | 7 | "___ Lil," play written by Mae West that was a major Broadway success |
| 33% | ARENDT | 6 | Philosopher who observed that extraordinary evil can be enacted by ordinary people |
| 33% | BORIS | 5 | He was succeeded by Liz, who was succeeded by Rishi |
| 32% | TEN | 3 | Number of Emily Dickinson poems, out of the 1,700+ she wrote, that were published during her lifetime |
| 32% | BENEDICT | 8 | He was succeeded by Argentina's Jorge Maria Bergoglio, who took the name Pope Francis |
| 32% | POET | 4 | Emily Dickinson was one |
| 32% | WORKFORCE | 9 | Those who are employed |
| 32% | GONERS | 6 | Those who are doomed |
| 32% | INS | 3 | Those who were elected |
| 32% | LOSTSOULS | 9 | Those who are adrift |
| 31% | USERSFEE | 8 | Assessment paid only by those who benefit |
| 31% | VICTORY | 7 | Never tasted by those who suffer defeat |
| 31% | AMU | 3 | Private school in Florida that was founded by Tom Monaghan, who started Domino's Pizza (abbr.) |
| 31% | MAUS | 4 | Graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts an interview with his father who is a Holocaust survivor |
| 31% | RONAN | 5 | 2012 charity single by Taylor Swift that was written about a three-year-old who battled cancer |
| 31% | BANANA | 6 | Yellow tropical fruit that looks natural but was modified by humans to make it seedless and sweeter |
| 31% | HEARERS | 7 | Those who are receiving auditory input |
| 31% | LEADERS | 7 | Those who are out in front |
| 30% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | Legendary heavy metal band that is fronted by vocalist Bruce Dickinson, whose birthday it is today: 2 wds. |