| 100% | HALED | 5 | "With hand and rope we ___ the groaning sow" - Tennyson |
| 39% | OHIO | 4 | US state that begins and ends with the same letter |
| 38% | OHIO | 4 | US state whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 37% | OTIS | 4 | Johnny with the 1958 hit "Willie and the Hand Jive" |
| 37% | LOUISIANA | 9 | Southern US state with the motto "Union, Justice and Confidence" |
| 37% | NATO | 4 | Alliance with the US, Canada, and 29 European nations: Abbr. |
| 37% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 37% | RITAORA | 7 | British singer with the hits "How We Do (Party)" and "Poison" |
| 37% | PSY | 3 | South Korean rapper with the US hits "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" |
| 37% | ILLINOIS | 8 | The US state with Chicago and Springfield |
| 36% | CHINESE | 7 | With 27- and 36-Across, object that floated over the US in early 2023 |
| 36% | RITAORA | 7 | British singer with the hits "How We Do (Party)" and "Your Song" |
| 36% | THREE | 5 | Clock time that forms an "L" with the big and little hands |
| 36% | PRACTICAL | 9 | Good with the hands and with problem-solving |
| 36% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |
| 36% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in central Texas, US, associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 36% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in central Texas, US associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 35% | LIVINONAPRAYER | 14 | *Bon Jovi song with the lyric "Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear" |
| 35% | OUT | 3 | Word with hand and panned |
| 35% | HELP | 4 | (3/3) ___ with the chores and lend a hand to others whenever you can |
| 34% | LIVINONAPRAYER | 14 | 1986 Bon Jovi hit with the lyric "Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear" |
| 34% | IGETIDEAS | 9 | Tony Martin hit with the lyric "When we are dancing and you're dangerously near me" |
| 34% | KENTON | 6 | Stan —, US composer and pianist associated with the big band progressive jazz style of the 1950s |
| 34% | ROLLERDERBY | 11 | Contact sport devised in the US in the 1930s associated with Leo Seltzer and Damon Runyon |
| 34% | CHAPEL | 6 | "___ of Love" (song with the lyric "Gee, I really love you / And we're gonna get married") |
| 33% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument played with both the hands and the feet |
| 33% | BUD | 3 | Dog included in the first automobile trip across the US, with Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker |
| 33% | AKIMBO | 6 | With hands on hips and elbows out |
| 33% | REVENGE | 7 | The —, Alfred Tennyson poem about Sir Richard Grenville and the 1591 Battle of Flores with the Spanish fleet in the Azores |
| 32% | TRINITYRODMAN | 13 | US Women's national soccer team member whose father, Dennis, won 5 NBA championships with the Pistons and Bulls: 2 wds. |