| 100% | ABSCAM | 6 | 1978-80 F.B.I. sting that forced a U.S. senator to resign |
| 34% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that is home to a year-round Christmas-themed attraction, Castle Noel |
| 33% | ABSCAM | 6 | 1978-80 F.B.I. investigation |
| 33% | PIN | 3 | Move that forces a wrestler's shoulders to the mat |
| 32% | EDWARDBROOKE | 12 | African-American U.S. Senator who introduced legislation to create a holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 32% | QUANTICO | 8 | Military base that’s home to the F.B.I. Academy |
| 32% | YESIAM | 6 | “That’s a good way to describe me” |
| 31% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | B C F H I K N O P S U V W Y |
| 31% | ABSCAM | 6 | Carter-era F.B.I. sting that inspired "American Hustle" |
| 31% | HELEN | 5 | I was the first deaf-blind person to earn a B.A. degree and I campaigned for women's rights |
| 31% | IVE | 3 | "___ never understood that!" ("It's a mystery to me") |
| 31% | IDONTKNOWCANYOU | 15 | Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?" |
| 30% | UFOS | 4 | Subjects of a U.S. Air Force cover-up? |
| 30% | NICETRY | 7 | "It's gonna take a lot more than that to fool me!" |
| 29% | ENGLISH | 7 | ___ muffin, misleading name of a U.K. dish that's similar to a crumpet, not a muffin |
| 29% | EDUC | 4 | U.S. dept. that had a Race to the Top reform prog. |
| 29% | UNSEE | 5 | “I wish I could ___ that!” (response to a cringeworthy video) |
| 29% | GRAVITY | 7 | Force that attracts us to earth; seriousness |
| 29% | SKINNER | 7 | B F —, US behavioural psychologist who devised a box for studying the learning capacity of animals |
| 29% | SYZYGY | 6 | Highest-scoring Scrabble word that doesn't use A, E, I, O or U |
| 28% | TERM | 4 | A U.S. senator's is six years |
| 28% | SOMEBODY | 8 | A Gotye song, __ That I Used to Know |
| 28% | BOBA | 4 | Tapioca balls that saw a U.S. shortage in April, 2021, due to delays unloading cargo ships |
| 28% | THIRTY | 6 | Minimum age of a U.S. senator |
| 28% | TERM | 4 | Six years, for a U.S. senator |
| 28% | THIRTY | 6 | Minimum age for a U.S. senator |
| 28% | AGE | 3 | 30, minimally, for a U.S. senator |
| 28% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Event across the U.S. on 4/8/24 ... and, with 57-Across, 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across |
| 28% | NOUGAT | 6 | Running to a gun - that’s sweet |
| 28% | IDAREYOU | 8 | Sentence that’s a challenge to say? |