| 100% | TONI | 4 | Braxton who released the single "Do It" in April of this year |
| 45% | MAY | 3 | "To Whom It ___ Concern," 2016 film starring Wilmer Valderrama ... or the start of a New Year's wish highlighted in this puzzle |
| 41% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | OUST | 4 | What the president did to Mick Mulvaney in March of this year |
| 41% | OOPS | 4 | "___!... I Did It Again," title track from Britney Spears' album of the same name that celebrates 25 years in 2025 |
| 40% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
| 40% | REMAP | 5 | Cartographers did it in the age of Columbus |
| 40% | SINEADOCONNOR | 13 | Irish singer who appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in its 25th year (1992) (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," a hit single from Michael Jackson's album in 16a that won a Grammy for "Record of the Year" |
| 39% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | Rock-and-roll legend who appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in its 50th year (2017) (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | 14-Across and 29-Across rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame who turns 50 years old this week (2 wds.) |
| 38% | OVERCHARGE | 10 | Virginia's Dominion Energy Inc. did this to its customers in 2017 and 2018 to the tune of more than $300 million |
| 38% | JUNGLE | 6 | Brothers who released Done by the Forces of Nature |
| 38% | CLEM | 4 | Alt-country band "___ Snide" who released the album "Forever Just Beyond" in March of this year |
| 38% | NAOMI | 5 | With 35d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles who defeated Serena Williams in September 2018 |
| 37% | YETIS | 5 | In April of 2019, an Indian army expedition spotted footprints from these at the Makalu base camp |
| 37% | BROWN | 5 | Find this color! What do you get when you mix all the colors mentioned in this puzzle? (Hint: It's the color of coffee!) |
| 37% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" Oscar nominee who earned an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1983 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BRIT | 4 | Awards where Queen won the Single of the Year in 1977 |
| 37% | TURNER | 6 | Ike & Tina ___, duo who released the hit cover version of the song "Proud Mary" in 1971 |
| 37% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Former NFL quarterback who did not play in 2011 due to multiple surgeries and won the Comeback Player of the Year in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OBE | 3 | Detroit rapper Amir ___ who released "None of the Clocks Work" in 2017 |
| 36% | ADAMLEVINE | 10 | Singer who appears nude in the video of Maroon 5's 2015 single, "This Summer": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ANDREA | 6 | Tenor Bocelli who released the album “Duets” to celebrate thirty years of his musical career (October, 2024) |
| 36% | SPECULATE | 9 | It can be risky to do this in the stock market |
| 36% | MUD | 3 | "Be wary of this rain-soaked dirt in your garden after the April showers!" |
| 36% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 36% | SANDWICHSHOP | 12 | Its menu might include the ends of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | MINUET | 6 | It's done in the form of an S or a Z |
| 35% | ROCCO | 5 | Baldelli who was AL Manager of the Year in 2019 |