| 100% | KGB | 3 | According to his official biography, Vladimir Putin burned files of this org. in November 1989 |
| 29% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who said, in his review of Burn Hollywood Burn, "The only way to save this film would be to trim 86 minutes" |
| 29% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 26% | POOR | 4 | According to The World Bank, in 2015, 734 million people were this, a change from 1990's figure of 1.9 billion |
| 24% | IRE | 3 | According to Chaucer the root of this sin is pride |
| 24% | EATEN | 5 | According to Thomas Fuller, this type of bread is soon forgotten |
| 23% | DAYLIGHT | 8 | We get less of this in autumn, compared to summer |
| 23% | INDIANA | 7 | This Jones had his Last Crusade in 1989 |
| 23% | HRS | 3 | 700-plus for the athlete Josh Gibson, according to his Hall of Fame plaque: abbr. |
| 23% | JOSHGIBSON | 10 | The greatest slugger in the Negro leagues, according to his Hall of Fame plaque |
| 23% | OYSTER | 6 | The world, according to Pistol, in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 23% | ATF | 3 | Org. shifted to the Dept. of Justice in 2003 |
| 23% | NCAA | 4 | Uber Eats became a Corporate Partner of this nonprofit org. in 2019 |
| 23% | TESLA | 5 | Subject of the biography "Lightning in His Hand" |
| 23% | MYANMAR | 7 | Burma changed its name to this in 1989 |
| 23% | PASSWORD | 8 | Enter this series of characters to log in |
| 23% | PATENT | 6 | File one of these to protect your invention |
| 22% | JET | 3 | The Lippisch Ente was the first one of these to fly, in 1928 |
| 22% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose official number of employees is unknown to the public |
| 22% | ONLYINAMERICA | 13 | His reaction to the election of a Jewish mayor in Dublin |
| 22% | AKIHITO | 7 | Emperor of Japan who came to power in 1989 |
| 22% | EADIE | 5 | According to Ethel Merman in "Take a Chance", this lady "had class, with a capital K" |
| 22% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 22% | AKIHITO | 7 | Emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019 |
| 22% | TOP | 3 | Museum in Burlington, Wisconsin dedicated to this type of toy |
| 22% | AKIHITO | 7 | Emperor of Japan since 1989 set to abdicate in 2019 |
| 22% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Read these in the bottom of a cup, to predict |
| 22% | MEGYNKELLY | 10 | Interviewer of Vladimir Putin in 2017 and 2018 |
| 22% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 22% | ISAAC | 5 | His burial place is said to be in Israel's Cave of Machpelah |