| 100% | THRUST | 6 | — SSC, car driven by Andy Green that broke the sound barrier on land in 1997 |
| 31% | CONCORDE | 8 | Supersonic plane, broke the sound barrier in 1969 |
| 30% | ODYSSEUS | 8 | Robot that landed on the moon in February 2024, marking the first moon landing by a private company |
| 28% | ALFA | 4 | Make of motor car driven by Giuseppe Farina in winning the 1950 F1 World Drivers’ Championship |
| 27% | LEFT | 4 | Side of the road that people drive on in England |
| 27% | NASA | 4 | Agency that landed men on the moon in 1969: Abbr. |
| 26% | YEAGER | 6 | Chuck who broke the sound barrier |
| 26% | SONICBOOM | 9 | Noise heard when breaking the sound barrier |
| 26% | WHIP | 4 | First object made by humans to break the sound barrier |
| 26% | SST | 3 | It's not breaking the sound barrier anymore |
| 26% | YEAGER | 6 | Chuck, first pilot to break the sound barrier |
| 26% | SAAB | 4 | Car driven by Seinfeld on "Seinfeld" |
| 26% | NASA | 4 | Agency that plans to land a woman on the moon by 2024: Abbr. |
| 25% | CHUCK | 5 | US pilot Yeager, first to break the sound barrier |
| 25% | MERCEDES | 8 | Car driven by 15-Across in 5-Across |
| 25% | DAY | 3 | Green ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |
| 25% | ALFA | 4 | Car driven by James Bond in "Octopussy," for short |
| 24% | SONICBOOM | 9 | Explosion heard when the sound barrier is broken |
| 24% | ASTONMARTIN | 11 | Sports car driven by Sean Connery in "Goldfinger" and Jason Statham in "The Italian Job" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | FERRARI | 7 | Sports car driven by Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman" and Nic Cage in "The Rock" |
| 24% | ONELINER | 8 | "Apparently I snore so loudly that it scares everybody in the car I'm driving," e.g. |
| 24% | MAGICAL | 7 | & 7D Film starring, written and co-directed by The Beatles that first aired on BBC TV in 1967 |
| 24% | BOOM | 4 | Sound made when breaking the sound barrier |
| 24% | WELCOMETOMIAMI | 14 | Line immediately after "All night, on the beach till the break of dawn" in a 1997 Will Smith hit |
| 23% | MDL | 3 | Land border that was decided by the Korean Armistice Agreement and which is surrounded on either side by a buffer zone (abbr.) |
| 23% | SORROW | 6 | "Sea of ___," song by Alice in Chains that was also included on the compilation album "The Essential Alice in Chains" |
| 23% | KIDS | 4 | New ___ on the Block, boy band that debuted in 1984 and which is known for the song "Step by Step" |
| 23% | HYDRAULIC | 9 | Driven by the movement of liquid in confined spaces |
| 23% | EVERLONG | 8 | 1997 song by Foo Fighters that was featured in the film "The Wolf of Wall Street" |