| 100% | OPRAHS | 6 | ___ Book Club 2.0 that selected "My Dark Vanessa" as the March publication which was then withdrawn over plagiarism claims |
| 23% | REALMADRID | 10 | Spanish professional football club which was recognised as the FIFA Club of the century in the year 2000: 2 wds. |
| 22% | JANE | 4 | With 2-Down, book that includes the line "Conventionality is not morality" |
| 21% | SUPERNATURAL | 12 | Jared Padalecki dark fantasy that has been on the air since 2005: 2 wds. |
| 21% | THEGOLDEN | 9 | "___ Palace," sitcom that was a spin-off of "The Golden Girls," in which Don Cheadle (birthday today) starred as Roland Wilson: 2 wds. |
| 21% | SOLARIS | 7 | Planet from the eponymous book that is depicted as covered by a single massive ocean |
| 21% | MINIATUREGOLF | 13 | A putt-putt game which is the junior of the PGA version, which features props such as windmills: 2 wds |
| 21% | LONELYBOY | 9 | Hit song by Paul Anka which was also used as the title of the documentary made on him: 2 wds. |
| 21% | WYNONNAEARP | 11 | 2016 TV series developed by Emily Andras which is based on the comic book series by Beau Smith: 2 wds. |
| 21% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Epic drama starring Liam Neeson as the title character Oskar (birthday today), which is set during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 20% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 20% | BACKOF | 6 | "That thought was always at the ___ my mind.": 2 wds. |
| 20% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 20% | ROSES | 5 | Guns N' ___, hard rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Sweet Child o' Mine" |
| 20% | CANTSTOP | 8 | A song by 31-Across co-written by Frusciante, which is one of the songs that the band play live the most: 2 wds. |
| 20% | THIRTY | 6 | "Guess what? There will be a whopping ___ two sporting events at the Olympics! That's as many as my teeth" |
| 20% | TUTTIFRUTTI | 11 | Popular ice cream flavor that has been around since the late 19th century which contains chopped candied fruits: 2 wds. |
| 20% | EWWW | 4 | Expression which is the same as "Ughhhh!!" |
| 19% | TWOBROTHERS | 11 | 2004 family drama film starring Guy Pearce which is about two tigers who are separated as cubs and then reunited a year later: 2 wds. |
| 19% | ANGRYMEN | 8 | "12 ___," 1957 film starring Henry Fonda which is about a jury of 12 that deliberates on the trial of an 18-year old: 2 wds. |
| 19% | AVATAR | 6 | 2009 movie that was the first film to gross over $2 billion |
| 19% | HEIGHTS | 7 | "Wuthering ___," book by Emily Bronte which features the line "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" |
| 19% | READERSDIGEST | 13 | General-interest family magazine that has been in publication since 1920, and was the best-selling magazine till 2009: 2 wds. |
| 19% | NAOMIKLEIN | 10 | Author who described her book “Doppelganger” as being about “the horror of the society that flips fascist from within” (September, 2023) |
| 19% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 19% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 19% | THEONION | 8 | Satirical publication that claims to be "America's Finest News Source" (2 wds.) |
| 19% | JAKARTA | 7 | Asian capital which is known as the "Big Durian" |
| 19% | LIE | 3 | Claim that the subway was delayed, perhaps |
| 19% | ELLIS | 5 | Island over which New York and New Jersey had a long-standing territorial dispute that was settled by the Supreme Court in 1998 |