| 100% | ISA | 3 | "This ___ recording" |
| 100% | WIRETAP | 7 | This is a recording |
| 92% | MOTOWN | 6 | Berry Gordy Jr. founded this record label in 1959 |
| 89% | ISA | 3 | "This — recording" |
| 89% | ISA | 3 | “This — recording” |
| 87% | GUINNESS | 8 | This Irish beer gave name to a record book |
| 86% | MIXTAPE | 7 | This-and-that recording for a friend or a party |
| 85% | VIDEOTAPE | 9 | Dolby co-invented this film/sound recording method |
| 84% | BOOKSALES | 9 | Publishers said these were record breaking in 2022 |
| 82% | LOGBOOK | 7 | Sign this ledger to record where you've been |
| 81% | PLATINUM | 8 | One million sold records receive this status |
| 79% | FREEDIVE | 8 | Vencl broke this world record in a lake in 2023 |
| 79% | VINYL | 5 | Music records are made from this synthetic plastic |
| 79% | ISA | 3 | "This ___ recording": 2 wds. |
| 78% | SEEK | 4 | Metallica does this before they "destroy", according to their 1983 recording |
| 77% | REPEATOFFENDERS | 15 | Record holders? (and a punny hint to this puzzle's anomalies) |
| 77% | DISC | 4 | Record, or, read differently, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 76% | HOMERS | 6 | ← Season record for which 3-Down had this number |
| 76% | DOUBLES | 7 | ← Season record for which Earl Webb had this number |
| 76% | STEALS | 6 | ← Season record for which Rickey Henderson had this number |
| 76% | TONYS | 5 | "The Producers" won a record-breaking 12 of these |
| 76% | OSCARS | 6 | Walt Disney received a record 22 of these awards |
| 74% | SHUTOUTS | 8 | ← Season record for which Grover Cleveland Alexander had this number |
| 74% | SCRABBLE | 8 | The record score in this game is 1,049 points |
| 72% | MILE | 4 | The current world record for this distance is 3:43.13 |
| 71% | TDS | 3 | Peyton Manning threw a record 55 of these in 2013: Abbr. |
| 71% | YDS | 3 | Emmitt Smith rushed for a record 18,355 of these: Abbr. |
| 70% | ISONE | 5 | “This ___ for the record books” |
| 70% | ISONE | 5 | “This ___ for the record books!” |
| 69% | LPS | 3 | Old records ... or a hint for this puzzle's seven longest answers |