| 100% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | ___ Sign, giant hillside letters that represent the glitz and glamor of the film industry in Los Angeles, California |
| 41% | BIGA | 4 | Giant sign in Anaheim that represents the Los Angeles Angels logo |
| 33% | LOS | 3 | ___ Angeles is a city in California famed as the center of the nation's film industry |
| 30% | INGLEWOOD | 9 | City in Los Angeles County, California; former home of the Hollywood Park Racetrack |
| 30% | GOEST | 5 | Fragrance house in Los Angeles that offers the scents "Dauphine" and "Smokers' Perfume" |
| 29% | BURBANK | 7 | City in Los Angeles County, California, US; home of numerous media and entertainment companies |
| 29% | MOTHRA | 6 | Giant moth-like creature featured in the "Godzilla" films as a good monster and protector of the Earth |
| 28% | GALAXY | 6 | Los Angeles ___, soccer club based in California that won the Major League Soccer Cup in 2014 |
| 28% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team that has won 466 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 28% | MUSIC | 5 | Big industry in Los Angeles and Nashville |
| 27% | SHOHEIOHTANI | 12 | Los Angeles Angels pitcher who was the Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2021 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BOW | 3 | Archery equipment, and a verb that means "to bend the upper body in a sign of respect" |
| 27% | GLOBE | 5 | The Golden ___ Awards, Hollywood-based event in California that celebrates achievements in TV and film |
| 27% | VALLEY | 6 | Silicon ___, tech hub in Northern California that houses some of the world's largest tech companies and startups |
| 27% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 27% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 27% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 27% | QOPH | 4 | Hebrew letter that represents the number 100 in gematric terms |
| 27% | FRESH | 5 | "The ___ Prince of Bel-Air," 1990 sitcom starring Will Smith that is set in Los Angeles |
| 26% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 26% | OBOE | 4 | Reed instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 26% | TCB | 3 | Letters in the logo and motto of Elvis Presley |
| 26% | DODGERS | 7 | Los Angeles ___, MLB team and member of the NL West division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles |
| 26% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 26% | EPHRON | 6 | Last name of sisters in the film industry |
| 26% | VELA | 4 | Carlos ___, Mexican footballer who plays for Los Angeles FC in MLS and was one of the highest paid MLS players in 2019 |
| 26% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 26% | MUSEUM | 6 | ___ of Science and Industry, science center in Chicago built as part of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, that was meant to be temporary |
| 26% | KILO | 4 | Word that represents the letter K in the radio alphabet |
| 25% | SCORPIO | 7 | Sign of the zodiac in October and November |