| 100% | API | 3 | 23,400 ft. mountain and tallest peak in Nepal's Yoka Pahar Section of Gurans Himal, first climbed in 1960 |
| 40% | EVEREST | 7 | Mountain in Nepal which is the tallest of the Seven Summits and which was first climbed in 1953 |
| 30% | VINSON | 6 | Mountain massif in Antarctica which is one of the Seven Summits and was first climbed in 1966 |
| 28% | DENALI | 6 | Mountain in North America which is one of the Seven Summits and which was first climbed in 1913 |
| 28% | ELBRUS | 6 | Dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains which is one of the Seven Summits and whose east summit was first climbed in 1829 |
| 24% | KAMET | 5 | Himalayan mountain in Uttarakhand first climbed by Frank Smythe and others in 1931 |
| 24% | ROLLINGSTONE | 12 | First publisher of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" |
| 23% | ARARAT | 6 | Mountain first climbed in 1829 |
| 23% | KILIMANJARO | 11 | Dormant volcano in Africa which is one of the Seven Summits of the world and which was first climbed in 1889 |
| 23% | TIC | 3 | First syllable in a game of X's and O's |
| 22% | OLYMPUS | 7 | Greek mountain first climbed in 1913 |
| 22% | MARRA | 5 | Mountains of almost 10,000 ft. in Sudan's Darfur region |
| 22% | WHO | 3 | Name of the first baseman in Abbott and Costello's baseball routine |
| 22% | DOM | 3 | First name of Vin Diesel's character in the "Fast and Furious" franchise |
| 21% | MAKECONCESSIONS | 15 | Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across? |
| 21% | SIR | 3 | First name of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's son, born in June |
| 21% | NEPAL | 5 | Country with 8 of 10 tallest peaks in the world |
| 21% | ANSEL | 5 | First name in the name of a Yosemite peak |
| 21% | HEDY | 4 | First name in the cast of Samson and Delilah |
| 21% | STROPHE | 7 | First section of a choral ode in ancient Greek drama |
| 21% | ARNOLD | 6 | First and last name in the cast of "True Lies" |
| 21% | GOTHICS | 7 | Peak of the Great Range, in Adirondack Mountains |
| 20% | GOMER | 5 | First name in 1960's sitcoms |
| 20% | STREAKYTHE | 10 | & 13D Feline pet of DC Comics character Supergirl that first appeared in 1960 |
| 20% | HIMALAYA | 8 | Mountain range in north India and Nepal |
| 20% | JOHNI | 5 | First in a line of 23 popes |
| 20% | STRATEGIC | 9 | First S in OSS, precursor of CIA |
| 20% | EDMUNDHILLARY | 13 | Mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay and became the first climbers to have reached the summit of the mountain: 2 wds. |
| 20% | MILA | 4 | First name in the credits of Four Good Days and Bad Moms |