| 100% | HELEN | 5 | ___ Keller, first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts |
| 67% | HELEN | 5 | ___ Keller, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree |
| 47% | HELEN | 5 | I was the first deaf-blind person to earn a B.A. degree and I campaigned for women's rights |
| 45% | KELLER | 6 | Helen, first deaf-blind person to earn a BA degree |
| 35% | THIEL | 5 | Peter ___, German-American entrepreneur who graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor |
| 32% | BONO | 4 | First musician to be a ''Time'' Person of the Year |
| 32% | ADELE | 5 | First person to appear simultaneously on the American and British covers of Vogue (Oct. 2021) |
| 32% | SHAKINA | 7 | First trans person to star in a US network sitcom: Nayfack of "Connecting" |
| 32% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 32% | SWORDPLAY | 9 | Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | LETSGOCRAZY | 11 | First track on Prince's "Purple Rain," and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 32% | ROLLINGINDOUGH | 14 | Wealthy, and a hint to the first word of 20-, 35- and 40-Across |
| 32% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 32% | BACKBOARD | 9 | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| 31% | LETSEAT | 7 | "Dinner!" ... and a hint to the first word of 21-, 27-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 31% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 31% | FINISHINGSECOND | 15 | Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across) |
| 31% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |
| 31% | REDANDWHITE | 11 | Like the Canadian flag ... and a hint to the first names of 24- and 48-Across |
| 31% | STARTINGSALARIES | 16 | Entry-level wages, and a hint to the first words of 18-, 28-, and 49-Across |
| 31% | TOPBANANA | 9 | Head honcho, and a hint to the first word of 3-, 8-, 21-, or 24-Down |
| 31% | ROME | 4 | First city to reach a population of one million people, in the second century B.C. |
| 31% | MATCHMAKERS | 11 | Facilitators of love connections, and a hint to the first words of 17-, 28- and 47-Across |
| 30% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 30% | HALFTIME | 8 | Game break … or a hint to interpreting the first parts of 17-, 26-, 36-, and 52-Across? |
| 30% | HOLDIT | 6 | "Stop right there!" … or a hint to the first words of 17-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 30% | LAURA | 5 | ___ Bassi, first woman to earn a doctorate in science (University of Bologna, 1732) |
| 30% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 John Belushi movie, and a hint to the first three or four letters of the starred answers |
| 30% | TEASEAPART | 10 | Carefully distinguish ... or a phonetic hint to the first and last letters of 17-, 26-, 48-, and 61-Across |