| 100% | JAMMING | 7 | "The band was in the midst of a ___ session when they received a call from the record label" |
| 38% | STEP | 4 | "15 ___," the opening track from Radiohead's album in 18a, which was recorded with the help of a group of children |
| 38% | LONDON | 6 | "___ Calling," song by British punk rock band the Clash which has the name of a city in its title that is known for the clock tower"Big Ben" |
| 36% | OVEN | 4 | "why do they call it ___ when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food" (nonsensical tweet that became a meme) |
| 35% | UNLIT | 5 | In the midst of a blackout |
| 35% | AMONG | 5 | In the midst of a crowd |
| 35% | CONVERSATIONS | 13 | Most of them are “monologues delivered in the presence of a witness,” per the mystery author Margaret Millar |
| 35% | ONFIRE | 6 | In the midst of a hot streak |
| 35% | LEGPULLING | 10 | In the midst of a practical joke |
| 35% | GAD | 3 | West Virginia community that disappeared under the waters of Summersville Lake when a river was dammed in the sixties |
| 34% | SALTS | 5 | There are a lot of ___ in the seas making them saline |
| 34% | LBS | 3 | About 1,400 of them is the record for a human: Abbr. |
| 34% | MINARET | 7 | Part of a mosque from which the call to prayer is made |
| 34% | BAULK | 5 | In croquet, either of the two lines from which a ball is struck into play |
| 33% | BIO | 3 | It might be in the form of a thumbnail |
| 33% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 33% | EWOKS | 5 | They thought C-3PO was a god in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 33% | SAM | 3 | ___ Smith, "Stay With Me" singer who was 22 when they won the 2015 Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 33% | ELS | 3 | They're in the midst of every collar |
| 33% | IRIS | 4 | A pupil is in the middle of it |
| 33% | IRIS | 4 | A pupil is in the center of it |
| 33% | SERIES | 6 | When two or more games are played between the same teams in baseball it is called a ____ |
| 33% | PUMAS | 5 | Black ___, band whose "Colors" was nominated for a 2021 Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 33% | RAREFORM | 8 | What an athlete may be in when they’re at the top of their game |
| 33% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |
| 33% | CARBONOFFSETS | 13 | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| 33% | SIT | 3 | Be in session, "When does the court of law __?" |
| 33% | LEMONS | 6 | They may be on the verge of a breakdown |
| 33% | DASHCAM | 7 | Recording device placed in the front of a car |