| 100% | EXISTENCE | 9 | "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very __ is an act of rebellion": Camus (attributed) |
| 27% | SUSPICION | 9 | 1941 Hitchcock film that was the only one he directed to win an acting Oscar |
| 25% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 25% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 25% | CITIZENKANE | 11 | Movie with the line "Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forward to being cured of" |
| 25% | JAPAN | 5 | Tokyo's country that holds a Guinness World Record for the smallest park, with an area equivalent to two sheets of A3 paper |
| 24% | RADON | 5 | Hazardous household gas that is an anagram of the answer to 13-Across |
| 24% | WEST | 4 | Word after "South" for an airline that is the third-largest in the world and can take you to your travel destination |
| 24% | DESADE | 6 | He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" |
| 24% | ALLTOMYSELF | 11 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "I'm jealous of the song that you've been singin' / And the way it's rollin' off your lips" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | LANDOWNER | 9 | What a freed slave was to become in an 1865 order that was eventually overturned |
| 23% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 23% | IDA | 3 | Lupino who was the only woman to direct an episode of the 1959 The Twilight Zone series |
| 23% | CANON | 5 | Group of books that an educated person is supposed to be familiar with |
| 23% | QUEEN | 5 | "___ of the Supermarket," 2009 Bruce Springsteen song that is an ode to a supermarket employee |
| 23% | EVIL | 4 | "May the forces of ___ become confused on the way to your house": George Carlin |
| 23% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who believed that the physical world is only a shadow of true reality |
| 23% | INKIND | 6 | Fair way to be repaid, as with goods of the same sort: 2 wds. |
| 23% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Notable invention from the 17th century, that is an assembly of lenses and allows us to look into space |
| 23% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who is the only Black performer to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting |
| 23% | BEER | 4 | Brewed drink that is believed to be an ideal combination with different varieties of cheese |
| 23% | EGRET | 5 | Bird that becomes an emotion if an "r" is added to the front |
| 23% | EARNIT | 6 | The only way to get respect, so they say |
| 23% | MOO | 3 | Type of game that "Sindome" is which is an example of a precursor to the MMORPGs of today |
| 23% | UNDER | 5 | "To be snowed ___," idiom with a natural phenomenon that is used to describe an overload of work |
| 23% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who was the first to discover that the Milky Way was made up of stars |
| 23% | CLAP | 4 | One way to put your lights out, for those of us who are into weird gizmos |
| 22% | DEAR | 4 | "___ Evan Hansen," musical with an eponymous film adaptation that is one of the highest-grossing Broadway musicals |
| 22% | YEA | 3 | Positive vote that would be a unit of time if you added an R to the end |
| 22% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |