| 100% | BABE | 4 | 5-Across broke his record, with "The" |
| 66% | FACE | 4 | With 5 Across, company that the 14 Down is suing for allegedly breaking antitrust laws |
| 58% | AARON | 5 | With 35-Across, Yankee right fielder who broke the records of 18-Across and 38-Across |
| 56% | ELIUD | 5 | Kipchoge who broke his own world record at the 2022 Berlin Marathon |
| 53% | THOMAS | 6 | With 65 Across, the first to see his name ''up in lights'' (1881) |
| 50% | MOJO | 4 | With 5-Across, archenemy of the Powerpuff Girls |
| 50% | LAKE | 4 | With 5-Across, source of the Truckee River |
| 50% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 49% | DRAKE | 5 | His 2021 album "Certified Lover Boy" broke the record for most top-ten singles from one album (9) |
| 49% | CORED | 5 | With the 1 Across removed |
| 49% | AGE | 3 | With 44-Across, when Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 5 |
| 48% | VIBE | 4 | With 5-Across, assessment of the feeling in the room |
| 48% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 48% | SCAR | 4 | "The Lion King" antagonist with a cut across his eye |
| 47% | COHEN | 5 | Leonard ___, musician who received critical acclaim at the age of 33, following his debut album with Columbia Records |
| 47% | NIGHTSINWHITESATIN | 18 | 1972 rock hit recorded with the London Festival Orchestra |
| 47% | FINALFRONTIER | 13 | With "The," what "space" is, in the intro to 5-/58-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SPITZ | 5 | Phelps broke his gold-medal record |
| 46% | ETTU | 4 | Phrase associated with the 18 Across |
| 46% | ATLAS | 5 | Man with the world on his shoulders |
| 45% | COMO | 4 | Singer with the first gold record single |
| 45% | BONJOVI | 7 | Band with the 1994 platinum record "Always" |
| 45% | RIPKEN | 6 | Cal with the MLB consecutive-game record |
| 45% | CECEWINANS | 10 | Singer with the record label PureSprings Gospel |
| 45% | LOU | 3 | Bega with the hit "Mambo No. 5" |
| 45% | MYSTERIOUS | 10 | With 19 Across, the Orient |
| 45% | TOMPETTY | 8 | Act with the Heartbreakers as his backing group |
| 45% | ATLAS | 5 | Greek Titan with the world on his shoulders |
| 45% | NEA | 3 | Organization with the "Read Across America" day: Abbr. |
| 45% | TEMS | 4 | Nigerian singer with the EP "For Broken Ears" |