| 100% | SSL | 3 | Abbreviation for the global inshore yachting circuit that hopes to bring together almost 100,000 athletes in 2021 |
| 24% | TOP | 3 | Abbreviation for the Grammy-winning duo from Columbus that released "Trench" in 2018 |
| 23% | OHARE | 5 | Destination for the van that Kevin fails to board in "Home Alone" |
| 22% | METEORSHOWER | 12 | Phenomenon that brought the Blob to Earth in 1958 |
| 22% | NNN | 3 | Abbreviation for the type of lease that designates the tenant to be responsible for paying real estate taxes, maintenance and insurance |
| 22% | VALUEADD | 8 | Improvement that brings something to the table, in business-speak |
| 22% | IWAS | 4 | Global org. for athletes with physical impairments and precurser to the Paralympic Games (abbr.) |
| 21% | DFW | 3 | Abbreviation for the largest airport in Texas |
| 21% | GMO | 3 | Technology that's used to produce almost all the world's cotton, in brief |
| 21% | CUBES | 5 | Frozen water blocks that can stick together if left in the freezer for too long |
| 21% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Maxim that applies to pairs hiding together in the answers to starred clues |
| 21% | NRA | 3 | Gun group that tried to file for bankruptcy in 2021: Abbr. |
| 21% | ERN | 3 | Abbreviation for the currency used in Asmara since 1997 |
| 21% | LASAGNA | 7 | Monica's most popular dish that was present in almost all the get togethers in "Friends" |
| 21% | NETS | 4 | Brooklyn squad that lost to the Bucks in the 2021 NBA postseason |
| 20% | ENDZONE | 7 | In American football, the area behind the goals that a ball must cross for a touchdown to be awarded |
| 20% | HOW | 3 | "___ to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Broadway musical that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1962 |
| 20% | CARDIO | 6 | Informal name for a hospital department related to the heart that is featured in "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 20% | PRO | 3 | Athlete in the majors, for short |
| 20% | CBS | 3 | Network that plans to end the "Judge Judy" show in 2021 after its 25th season |
| 20% | NIM | 3 | ___ Chimpsky, the chimp that was studied in the '70s at Columbia for his ability to speak in ASL |
| 20% | BECHDELTEST | 11 | Method for assessing films’ gender representation that was introduced in the comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” |
| 20% | ROCKSTAR | 8 | Song by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2017 |
| 20% | SHAPE | 5 | With 53-Across, song by Ed Sheeran that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks in 2017 |
| 20% | IVORY | 5 | Brand of soap flakes that was often used in the 1920s to make fake snow for Christmas decorations |
| 20% | ENDZONE | 7 | Area behind the goals in American football that a ball must cross for a touchdown to be awarded |
| 20% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962) |
| 20% | PRO | 3 | Athlete in the big league, for short |
| 20% | SAS | 3 | Org. that advocated for women's gun rights in opposition to the Million Mom March in DC in 2000 |
| 20% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |