| 100% | RAMIREZ | 7 | 2023 Jiménez novel, What Happened to Ruthy __ |
| 58% | COLLAPSED | 9 | Fell apart, what happened to SVB in 2023 |
| 48% | REPEATS | 7 | What happens to history over time |
| 47% | MELTED | 6 | What happened to Elphaba when water touched her |
| 47% | RUST | 4 | What happens to metal after exposed to water |
| 46% | PLOT | 4 | What happens in a novel |
| 43% | THE | 3 | There are many ___ories about what happened to the dinosaurs |
| 43% | DIVORCE | 7 | What happens when a marriage has to end |
| 43% | EVER | 4 | What ___ Happened to Baby Jane? |
| 43% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 43% | GIULIANI | 8 | Subject of the series subtitled What Happened to America's Mayor? |
| 43% | PASSERBY | 8 | One who happened to see what happened |
| 42% | SYNC | 4 | What happens when an iPad connects to a computer |
| 42% | FATE | 4 | What is destined to happen |
| 42% | DEMOLISHED | 10 | What happened to the Riviera, opened by Liberace in Vegas in 1955, in 2015 |
| 42% | LIFE | 4 | What happens to you while you're busy making other plans, per "Beautiful Boy" |
| 42% | BOUNDS | 6 | What happens to a baby wallaby on Leap Day? "He grows by leaps and ___" |
| 41% | ASATEST | 7 | To see what happens |
| 41% | CLEFT | 5 | Crevice, and, interpreted differently, what happened to five of this puzzle's answers |
| 40% | DONTQUOTEMEONTHIS | 17 | Mrs. B you'll die when you hear what happened to "me" this summer! |
| 40% | CHANGEOFSEASONS | 15 | What happens tomorrow ... and a hint to this grid's circled letters |
| 40% | PREDICTS | 8 | Foretells what is going to happen |
| 40% | COTTONS | 7 | Catches on to what's happening |
| 39% | EVER | 4 | 1962 movie What __ Happened to Baby Jane? |
| 39% | FORESIGHT | 9 | The ability to predict what will happen |
| 39% | BEINGNOSY | 9 | Wanting to know what's happening, spying |
| 39% | GOOD | 4 | “That’s what I wanted to happen!” |
| 38% | TREE | 4 | What Melinda is assigned to draw in the novel "Speak" |
| 38% | ALIENLIFE | 9 | What 2023's space mission Juice is hoping to find |
| 38% | DRAMATICLICENSE | 15 | Not strict adherence to what really happened, say |