| 100% | OVERTON | 7 | ___ window (term for the range of policies deemed acceptable to the mainstream) |
| 52% | OVERTONWINDOW | 13 | Talking head’s term for the range of politically acceptable ideas |
| 43% | ALL | 3 | ___ the feels (slang term for a range of emotions) |
| 42% | PAR | 3 | Golf term for the number of strokes to get a hole |
| 41% | NEWDEAL | 7 | Name given to the domestic policies of US president Franklin D Roosevelt for economic and social reform during his first term of office |
| 40% | INNIE | 5 | Term for the person at work, as opposed to the "outie" of the outside world, on the show "Severance" |
| 39% | OPEC | 4 | Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 39% | OPEC | 4 | Organization formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 39% | OPEC | 4 | Organisation formed in 1960 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 37% | AURORA | 6 | ___ season, another term for Fall due to the brilliant display of Northern Lights |
| 37% | ATOMSMASHER | 11 | Layman's term for the gizmo they used to confirm the existence of the Higgs Boson in 2012 |
| 37% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Term for the text of an opera |
| 37% | FOOD | 4 | ___ scarcity, term referring to a lack of nutritional sources that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 37% | REGICIDE | 8 | Term for the crime of killing a king |
| 37% | OMOPHAGIA | 9 | Term for the practice of eating raw meat |
| 36% | PATRICIDE | 9 | Term for the crime of killing one's father |
| 36% | PHLEBITIS | 9 | Medical term for the inflammation of veins |
| 36% | SEMANTICS | 9 | Linguistics term for the meanings of words |
| 36% | COSMOGONY | 9 | Term for the study of the origins of the universe |
| 36% | DRAYAGE | 7 | Term for the transport of goods in the shipping industry |
| 36% | OCCIPUT | 7 | Anatomical term for the back of the head |
| 36% | SUPERNOVA | 9 | Astronomical term for the explosion of a star |
| 36% | FRACTURE | 8 | Medical term for the break of a bone |
| 36% | SNAILMAIL | 9 | Quirky term for the speed of posted letters |
| 36% | MAGNITUDE | 9 | Astronomical term for the brightness of a star |
| 36% | HOLYGRAIL | 9 | Two-word term for the cup of Christ |
| 35% | MAINDIAGONAL | 12 | Term in linear algebra for the series of entries in a square matrix extending from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner |
| 35% | KNUCKLEBALLER | 13 | Term for the type of pitcher 17- and 39-Across are |
| 35% | ANOSMIA | 7 | Medical term for the loss of sense of smell |
| 35% | FOOTBALL | 8 | Term for soccer outside of the US |