| 100% | ARPA | 4 | ___NET, Dept. of Defense wide area packet-switching scheme begun in 1966 that eventually became the Internet |
| 31% | YAHOO | 5 | Internet giant that began as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" in 1994 |
| 28% | MEME | 4 | Something from the Internet that becomes part of the cultural conversation |
| 27% | ESSAY | 5 | Component of the SAT that became optional in 2016 |
| 26% | AOL | 3 | ISP that began offering email and Internet service in the early 1990s |
| 26% | HOMEWARDBOUND | 13 | 1966 Simon & Garfunkel hit that begins "I'm sittin' in the railway station ...": 2 wds. |
| 26% | GAME | 4 | "___ of Thrones," TV series that will begin taking the world by storm in 2011 |
| 26% | BLT | 3 | Type of sandwich that became popular in the US after World War II |
| 26% | TORFAEN | 7 | Principal area in SE Wales that includes the towns of Pontypool and Cwmbran |
| 26% | EZRA | 4 | Book that begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 26% | WREN | 4 | Bird that became the "king of the birds," in European mythology |
| 25% | BOOGIEWOOGIE | 12 | Jazz style of blues piano playing that became popular in the early 20th century |
| 25% | CDC | 3 | Org. that was the successor to the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas |
| 25% | WWI | 3 | Conflict that began in the wake of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination: Abbr. |
| 25% | KUDZU | 5 | Plant that has become invasive in much of the Eastern U.S. |
| 25% | INTERNETAGE | 11 | *Period of connectivity that began in the 1990s |
| 25% | PSALM | 5 | The first one begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 25% | WILLESDEN | 9 | Former municipal borough of Middlesex that became part of the borough of Brent in 1965 |
| 25% | STEPNEY | 7 | Former Metropolitan Borough that became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965 |
| 25% | PSALMONE | 8 | It begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 25% | STEVENASH | 9 | Two-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Nets in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ASP | 3 | Animal that becomes another animal when w is added to the beginning of its name |
| 25% | CROUCHEND | 9 | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
| 25% | CHERT | 5 | Type of rock that siliceous Novaculite is, as found in the Marathon Uplift area of Texas |
| 25% | SAWIV | 5 | 2007 horror installment that begins with a microcassette being found in the stomach of the villain |
| 25% | SOCOTRA | 7 | Island near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden that became part of South Yemen in 1967 |
| 24% | APOC | 4 | Co. formed in April 1909 under the leadership of Lord Strathcona that became BP in 1954 (abbr.) |
| 24% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 24% | BELLYACHE | 9 | Hit song by 30-Across that begins "Sittin' all alone / Mouth full of gum / In the driveway" |
| 24% | ENDZONE | 7 | Area that sees lots of spikes, in a way...and a feature in each answer to the six starred clues |