| 100% | LIVEAID | 7 | 1985 fund-raising event watched by 1.5+ billion people |
| 48% | LIVER | 5 | 1985 benefit concert watched by nearly two billion people |
| 35% | ISLAM | 5 | Religion of more than 1.5 billion people |
| 33% | TEARS | 5 | "___ Are Not Enough," 1985 charity single by Northern Lights to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine |
| 30% | PRISONER | 8 | Person watched over by a warden |
| 30% | ONEMORENIGHT | 12 | Title shared by #1 hits from Maroon 5 in 2012 & Phil Collins in 1985: 3 wds. |
| 29% | BENEFIT | 7 | Fund-raising event |
| 29% | CHINA | 5 | Home to 1.3 billion people |
| 29% | DINNER | 6 | Fund-raising event, perhaps |
| 29% | BRAILLE | 7 | Raised dots that can be read by blind people |
| 28% | CROWDFUND | 9 | Provide money by raising it through many people |
| 28% | MEATISMURDER | 12 | UK 1985 no 1 album by The Smiths |
| 28% | ASIA | 4 | Continent with 4.5 billion people |
| 28% | CRAFTSHOW | 9 | Popular fund-raising event |
| 28% | GALA | 4 | Elegant fund-raising event |
| 28% | BAKESALE | 8 | Classic fund-raising event |
| 28% | RUMMAGE | 7 | __ sale; fund-raising event |
| 28% | BED | 3 | Flower ___ (as described by 1-, 4-, 5- and 6-Across, read in order?) |
| 27% | EASTASIA | 8 | Home to 1 1/2 billion people |
| 27% | ISLAM | 5 | Religion practiced by nearly 2 billion people |
| 27% | GALA | 4 | Many a fund-raising event |
| 27% | ALLAH | 5 | Deity to 1.5+ billion |
| 27% | THON | 4 | Walk-a-___ (outdoor fund-raising event) |
| 27% | CHINA | 5 | Home to 1.3+ billion people |
| 26% | GEAR | 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in a car, shifted by a stick |
| 26% | TATAR | 5 | Language spoken by 5+ million people in Russia |
| 26% | METGALA | 7 | Annual N.Y.C. fund-raising event |
| 26% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual event viewed live by hundreds of millions of people, with "the" |
| 25% | INDIA | 5 | Democracy with more than 1.4 billion people |
| 25% | INDIA | 5 | Home to more than 1.4 billion people |