| 100% | SURE | 4 | "What I Know for ___" (essay collection by Oprah Winfrey) |
| 55% | KNOW | 4 | "What I ___ For Sure," book by Oprah Winfrey published in 2014 |
| 47% | OPRAH | 5 | "What I Know for Sure" author |
| 45% | FOREIGNER | 9 | Band known for I Want to Know What Love Is |
| 45% | BENEKING | 8 | Soul singer best known for "Stand by Me": 3 wds. |
| 45% | OPRAH | 5 | Author of "What I Know for Sure," familiarly |
| 44% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | 2023 musical film produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, and an apt title for this puzzle |
| 43% | MEAN | 4 | "Let Me Tell You What I ___" (essay collection by Joan Didion) |
| 43% | OPRAH | 5 | TV personality with the best seller "What I Know for Sure" |
| 43% | BASE | 4 | Place for Who, What, or I Don't Know |
| 41% | WAITING | 7 | "I Knew You Were ___ For Me," 1987 romantic duet by Aretha Franklin and George Michael |
| 41% | MORGAN | 6 | ___ Parker, millennial poet known for her poetry collection "Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night" |
| 40% | HOWWRONGIWAS | 12 | "Shows what I know!" |
| 40% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | "That's What I Like" singer known for wearing a fedora or a trucker's cap: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DID | 3 | "What I ___ Last Summer" (common essay for young students) |
| 39% | ESP | 3 | "I know what you're thinking" feeling, for short |
| 39% | ESP | 3 | "I know what you're thinking" ability, for short |
| 39% | OXYGEN | 6 | Network co-founded by Oprah Winfrey |
| 39% | HARPO | 5 | ___ Productions (studio founded by Oprah Winfrey) |
| 39% | METALKPRETTY1DAY | 16 | 2000 essay collection by David Sedaris |
| 39% | BOOKENDS | 8 | 2019 essay collection by 30-Across |
| 39% | BADFEMINIST | 11 | 2014 essay collection by Roxane Gay |
| 38% | IODINE | 6 | What I may stand for? |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | What I may stand for |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | What I might stand for |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | What I may stand for? |
| 38% | IODINE | 6 | What I may stand for |
| 38% | ALI | 3 | "Happily ___ After" (2015 essay collection by comedian Wentworth) |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | "If there's ___ thing I know for sure ..." |
| 38% | MUSHTOMYSURPRISE | 16 | What I unexpectedly had for breakfast? |