| 100% | REBECCA | 7 | * ___ Pearson, mother to Kevin, Kate, and Randall in the 2010s TV series "This Is Us" |
| 60% | REBECCA | 7 | ___ Pearson, mother to Kevin, Kate, and Randall on "This Is Us," played by Mandy Moore |
| 42% | SIS | 3 | Kate, to Randall and Kevin on "This Is Us," for short |
| 40% | HALLOFFAME | 10 | This dedication to US Space Walking astronauts and equipment contractors is by the Indian R. in Titusville, FL. |
| 39% | OMUNDSON | 8 | Timothy ___, "This Is Us" actor who plays Eli in the TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" |
| 38% | RENAS | 5 | Bitter who was the Ambassador to Laos until this year and Sofer who starred in TV's "Always and Forever" |
| 38% | MASH | 4 | TV series starring Alan Alda whose finale was one of the biggest moments of '80s TV and was the most-watched single episode in US TV history |
| 35% | JIG | 3 | This was changed to Juliette in 1956 when the NATO Phonetic Alphabet was adopted by the US |
| 34% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 34% | WANDAVISION | 11 | Marvel TV series starring Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen which was announced at the D23 Expo in 2019 |
| 34% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 34% | STERLING | 8 | This Is Us Randall Pearson actor __ K. Brown |
| 33% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 33% | LORELAI | 7 | * ___ Gilmore, mother to Rory in the 2000s TV series "Gilmore Girls" |
| 33% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | "Party in the U.S.A." singer whose first TV series lead role was on Disney's "Hannah Montana": 2 wds. |
| 33% | CRETE | 5 | Visit this island that is the largest in Greece and home to the Minoan Palaces (2/3) |
| 33% | DEXTER | 6 | Crime drama TV series named after the protagonist who is a forensic technician in the day and vigilante serial killer at night |
| 33% | OSC | 3 | Henry Kerner was confirmed by the US Senate in 2017 to be the executive of this agency (abbr.) |
| 33% | TRADINGSPACES | 13 | Reality series whose title describes what the starting sounds of eight TV titles in this puzzle are doing |
| 33% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | SCI | 3 | US org. founded in '73 whose stated mission is to "protect the freedom to hunt and to promote wildlife conservation" (abbr.) |
| 32% | PARKER | 6 | Fess —, actor who played the title role in US television series Daniel Boone and Mr Smith Goes to Washington |
| 32% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 32% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 32% | STARTREK | 8 | Enterprise is the ship in this TV series |
| 32% | CLAIREFOY | 9 | Actress who played Queen Elizabeth II in the historical drama TV series "The Crown" and also starred in "Crossbones" as Kate Balfour: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 32% | GALLONS | 7 | In the US, gasoline is sold in these liquid units |
| 32% | VOTES | 5 | These are counted to decide the winner in an election |
| 31% | FBIAGENTS | 9 | Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them |