| 100% | ALBERTEINSTEIN | 14 | . . . for high achievement in physics |
| 55% | AWARD | 5 | Honor given for high achievement |
| 50% | NOBEL | 5 | ___ Prize in Physics (honor for Albert Einstein) |
| 48% | TAU | 3 | Symbol for torque, in physics |
| 48% | EXEC | 4 | Higher-up in a corporation, for short |
| 47% | HOLE | 4 | ___ in one (rare achievement for a golfer) |
| 47% | EGOT | 4 | Achievement for Whoopi Goldberg, in brief |
| 46% | BIO | 3 | High school course alongside chemistry and physics, for short |
| 46% | COGNAC | 6 | High-quality brandy used for an in-flight sidecar |
| 46% | EGOTS | 5 | Achievements for Jennifer Hudson and Whoopi Goldberg, in brief |
| 46% | TEMPS | 5 | Highs and lows in the weather report, for short |
| 45% | MARCONI | 7 | 1909 Physics Nobelist for work in wireless telegraphy |
| 45% | EXEC | 4 | One in a high 21-Across, for short |
| 44% | GYMNASIUM | 9 | High school, in Danish ... or building for indoor sports, in English |
| 44% | PROM | 4 | Formal dance or gathering in high school, for short |
| 44% | SLTS | 4 | Name for Miss Obah's class in Heartbreak High |
| 44% | GABOR | 5 | Dennis —, 1971 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of holography |
| 43% | BASIC | 5 | High-level computer programming language for beginners, which first appeared in 1964 |
| 43% | BASIC | 5 | High-level computer programming language for beginners that first appeared in 1964 |
| 43% | BASIC | 5 | High-level computer programming language for beginners which first appeared in 1964 |
| 43% | EVOO | 4 | High-quality flavoring for salad dressings, in brief |
| 43% | PHI | 3 | Symbol for electric flux, in physics |
| 43% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism |
| 42% | DRAG | 4 | Term in physics for the retarding force exerted by air or fluid surrounding a moving object |
| 42% | UPPEDTHEANTE | 12 | Tried for a higher payout, in a way |
| 41% | STEVE | 5 | ___ Winwood, solo artist known for his album "Back in the High Life" |
| 41% | SATPREP | 7 | Course for many a high schooler, in brief |
| 41% | MONTANA | 7 | Joe ___, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for highest passer rating in a career |