| 100% | WVA | 3 | American state that is the subject of the song "Country Roads": Abbr. |
| 56% | ICBM | 4 | Long-range nuke that was the subject of the SALT treaty: Abbr. |
| 54% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 53% | NBA | 3 | League that was the subject of the docuseries “Shut Up and Dribble”: Abbr. |
| 52% | REM | 3 | Sleep phase that might be the subject of a sleep study: Abbr. |
| 50% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the title of a Neil Young song (where Cleveland is) |
| 49% | CPR | 3 | Medical technique that can be performed to the beat of the song "Stayin' Alive": Abbr. |
| 49% | HALLELUJAH | 10 | Oft-covered song by 26-Across that is the subject of the BBC radio documentary "The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall" |
| 49% | DST | 3 | Observance that was the subject of a Last Week Tonight "How Is This Still a Thing?" segment: abbr. |
| 48% | YANKEE | 6 | "___ Doodle," popular nursery rhyme song that is the state song of Connecticut |
| 48% | OLD | 3 | "___ New Hampshire," song that is the official state song of New Hampshire |
| 46% | SUNSHINE | 8 | "You Are My ___," song written by Jimmie Davis that is the state song of Louisiana |
| 45% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 film that is the subject of this puzzle |
| 45% | EMU | 3 | Bird that was the subject of an Australian war |
| 45% | CIA | 3 | Grp. that was the subject of a recent WikiLeaks release |
| 45% | XIII | 4 | Apollo mission that was the subject of a 1995 film |
| 44% | MALARIA | 7 | Disease that was the subject of the second Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902) |
| 44% | CLONE | 5 | Biological duplicate that is the subject of many sci-fi movies |
| 44% | GTO | 3 | Car that was the subject of a 1964 top 10 hit |
| 44% | AOL | 3 | Tech company that was the subject of a 1997 Time cover |
| 44% | TOLEDO | 6 | Spanish city that was the subject of an El Greco painting |
| 44% | ANGORAS | 7 | Wool sources that were the subject of a 2013 PETA exposé |
| 44% | EMI | 3 | Co. that was the subject of a Sex Pistols diss track |
| 44% | MEXICO | 6 | Country that is directly south of the U.S. |
| 44% | HOME | 4 | "Take Me ___, Country Roads," John Denver song that reminisces about memories of traveling through the country |
| 44% | HERBALIFE | 9 | Controversial multilevel-marketing supplement company that was the subject of the 2016 documentary Betting on Zero |
| 44% | KATRINA | 7 | Hurricane that was the subject of 2006's "When the Levees Broke" |
| 44% | FYRE | 4 | Failed music festival that was the subject of two popular 2019 documentaries |
| 44% | NCAA | 4 | Org. that was the subject of a 2021 Supreme Court antitrust ruling |
| 44% | ALASKA | 6 | State that's the title of a Maggie Rogers song |