| 100% | CARL | 4 | Astronomer Sagan whose papers are archived in the Library of Congress |
| 37% | SEATTLE | 7 | City whose skyline is drawn in the opening of 43-Across |
| 35% | BUTE | 4 | Island in the Firth of Clyde whose only town is Rothesay |
| 34% | COPERNICUS | 10 | Polish astronomer whose theory of the solar system was published in 1543 |
| 34% | READERSDIGESTMAGAZINE | 21 | The Library's Periodicals Room was the source of most of the excerpted material in the first issue of ___ |
| 33% | RUISLIP | 7 | Town in the London Borough of Hillingdon whose two current MPs are Boris Johnson and Nick Hurd |
| 33% | RUISLIP | 7 | Town in the London Borough of Hillingdon whose two current MPs are David Simmonds and Danny Beales |
| 33% | KILLERS | 7 | "___ of the Flower Moon," film starring Leonardo DiCaprio whose release date is in 2023 |
| 33% | RECORDINGS | 10 | The Library of Congress has over 3.6 million of them |
| 33% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |
| 33% | ELK | 3 | — Mountains, range of the Rockies in Colorado, US, whose highest point is Castle Peak |
| 33% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose "Back in Black" is the second-best-selling album of all time |
| 33% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 32% | CALABASH | 8 | Tropical American evergreen tree whose gourds are used in the manufacture of tobacco pipe bowls |
| 32% | CMAS | 4 | Awards show whose most recent female Entertainer of the Year was Taylor Swift, in 2011 |
| 32% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | Athlete whose February 2025 trade is considered one of the "most shocking" in NBA history |
| 32% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose logo is in the colors of the Swedish flag |
| 32% | ADEN | 4 | Port whose harbor is in the crater of an extinct volcano |
| 32% | DODECANESE | 10 | Group of islands in the Aegean Sea whose capital is Rhodes |
| 32% | GROOT | 5 | Tree-like character established in the '60s whose only dialogue in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" is his name |
| 32% | COSMIC | 6 | "The ___ Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective," book by the astronomer Carl Sagan which was originally published in 1973 |
| 32% | BIBLIOTECA | 10 | ___ di Brera, a public library in Milan that is one of the largest libraries in Italy |
| 32% | PUTNAM | 6 | Herbert —, American librarian who originally developed the Library of Congress Classification system |
| 32% | LOLLAND | 7 | Island of Denmark in the Baltic Sea whose largest town is Nakskov |
| 32% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PURPLE | 6 | "Harold and the ___ Crayon," film adaptation of a children's book, whose release date is in 2023 |
| 31% | ESPN | 4 | Cable channel whose first telecast, in 1979, was the debut episode of "SportsCenter" |
| 31% | ELBRUS | 6 | Dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains which is one of the Seven Summits and whose east summit was first climbed in 1829 |
| 31% | OMAR | 4 | Minnesota Representative Ilhan who is part of "The Squad" in Congress |
| 31% | EGGO | 4 | Brand whose last letter is in the shape of its product |