| 100% | GRAVE | 5 | Accent over certain vowels such as over the first e in French name Lumiere |
| 46% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark placed over a vowel such as the o in French |
| 41% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark placed over a vowel in German such as the letter u in the name Jürgen |
| 33% | CEDILLA | 7 | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois that softens the sound from that of k to s |
| 29% | RECYCLEDMATERIALS | 17 | Parts used over and over again, such as the letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 29% | ACCENT | 6 | Mark on a letter such as a grave, circumflex or acute in the French language |
| 29% | OBAMA | 5 | First president whose name ends in a vowel other than E or Y |
| 29% | TIGERSLAM | 9 | Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it |
| 28% | ARIA | 4 | Song such as "La donna è mobile" in the opera "Rigoletto" |
| 28% | LAIKA | 5 | Name of the first dog in space |
| 28% | YURI | 4 | First name of the first man in space |
| 28% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 27% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |
| 27% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 27% | HONORE | 6 | First name in French literature |
| 27% | EWE | 3 | Animal such as Dolly, the first cloned mammal |
| 27% | TILDE | 5 | Accent over the "n" in "piñata" |
| 27% | ARENAFOOTBALL | 13 | Sport played in the first word of its name |
| 27% | TIKIS | 5 | Carvings named for the first man in Maori myth |
| 27% | TIKIS | 5 | Carvings named for the first man in Maori mythology |
| 27% | EMMANUEL | 8 | First name in French politics since 2017 |
| 26% | RAE | 3 | First word in the name of the "Black Beatles" hip-hop duo |
| 26% | WHO | 3 | Name of the first baseman in Abbott and Costello's baseball routine |
| 26% | STUNT | 5 | Jumping over the Grand Canyon in a motorcycle, e.g. |
| 26% | OISE | 4 | French river with three vowels in its name |
| 26% | BLEU | 4 | The first of three in the French Tricolour |
| 26% | NOTRE | 5 | First word in the French Lord's Prayer |
| 26% | SPED | 4 | Went over the limit, as in a car |
| 26% | HAN | 3 | First name of the title character in "Solo" |
| 26% | ASONANT | 7 | Not voiced, as the first "d" in "Wednesday" |