| 100% | PILSNER | 7 | ___ Fest, festival in the Czech Republic held during the Autumn and named for a hoppy beer variety |
| 40% | PILSNER | 7 | ___ Fest, annual beer festival held in the celebratory beer's birthplace city in Czech Republic |
| 32% | SAPPORO | 7 | Beer brand founded in, and named for, the largest city in Hokkaido |
| 31% | PONTIAC | 7 | Ottawa leader who fought British advances in the Great Lakes area during the 1700s and whose name was a car brand |
| 31% | BUSAN | 5 | ___ International Film Festival, important Asian film festival held in South Korea during the Autumn |
| 30% | CACTI | 5 | Plural for a plant that grows in the desert, has spikes, and holds water |
| 30% | HARVEST | 7 | The National Apple ___ Festival, a fall season event held during the first two weekends of October, celebrating food, music and crafts |
| 29% | MEDI | 4 | Prefix for "care" in the name of a health plan for Americans 65 and up |
| 29% | TOMATO | 6 | During the Spanish festival celebrated on the last Wednesday of August, participants get involved in a ___ fight for entertainment |
| 29% | PILSENER | 8 | Beer named for a Czech city |
| 28% | HER | 3 | Singer nominated for Album of the Year Grammys in 2019 and 2020 (and whose name spells a pronoun) |
| 28% | OMAHA | 5 | Hold 'em variety named for a Nebraska city |
| 28% | TSINGTAO | 8 | Beer named for a port on the Yellow Sea |
| 28% | ORCA | 4 | The boat in "Jaws," named for a large marine mammal |
| 27% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese named for a town in the Netherlands |
| 27% | EREBUS | 6 | Antarctic volcano named for a place in the underworld |
| 27% | ARIEL | 5 | Uranian moon named for a character in The Tempest |
| 27% | REBEL | 5 | Another name for a Confederate in the Civil War |
| 27% | HIGHWAY | 7 | Possible name for a main road in the US |
| 27% | GLEN | 4 | Good name for a guy living in the valley |
| 27% | SANDCASTLE | 10 | *Snowman alternative for Christmas in July ... and a structure one might build during a visit to the beach |
| 27% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 27% | JEZEBEL | 7 | Feminist blog named for a scandalous woman in the Bible |
| 27% | WALKER | 6 | Most common name for a zombie in the Walking Dead |
| 27% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | A comically incompetent spy for "MI7," created as a parody of 50a, and portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in the films by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PLZEN | 5 | City in the Czech Republic also known as Pilsen; a 2015 European Capital of Culture |
| 27% | DIESIS | 6 | In printing, another name for a double dagger, the sign indicating a footnote |
| 27% | ARIA | 4 | Las Vegas resort and casino named for a term in opera |
| 27% | KLONDIKE | 8 | Ice cream bar brand named for a region in the Yukon |