| 100% | TEDTALKS | 8 | Brené Brown, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and the founder of 21-Across gave popular ones |
| 37% | PUSHUP | 6 | One of the twenty in “Drop and give me twenty!” |
| 37% | NIGERIA | 7 | Birthplace of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chinua Achebe |
| 36% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 36% | OOLONG | 6 | One of the popular 57 Across |
| 35% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 34% | EXCHANGE | 8 | The act of giving one thing and receiving another |
| 33% | NIGERIAN | 8 | Nationality of Sade and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 33% | NGOZI | 5 | Chimamanda ___ Adichie, Nigerian writer and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| 32% | EEK | 3 | Cry of fright when one sees 21-Down running across the floor |
| 32% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 32% | JEFFBEZOS | 9 | Founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, also currently one of the top 5 richest men in the world: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LAO | 3 | Ancient Chinese philosopher and the founder of Taoism, ___-Tzu |
| 32% | LORE | 4 | Romulus, Remus and the founding of Rome, e.g. |
| 31% | KING | 4 | The ___ Arthur Baking Company, one of the oldest flour and baking companies that was founded in 1790 |
| 31% | TYPE | 4 | Synonym for "class" found in the middle of 21- and 54-Across and 3- and 35-Down |
| 31% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey, icon and media mogul with one of the most popular talk shows in the world |
| 31% | AMAZON | 6 | American tech giant popular as online retailers, and is one of the world's biggest brands |
| 30% | GOOGLE | 6 | American tech giant made popular by their search engine, and is one of the world's biggest brands |
| 30% | LEVI | 4 | Founder of one of the 12 tribes |
| 30% | NIGERIA | 7 | Home to the authors Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 29% | ICANTCOOK | 9 | Explanation one might give for following the directions of 18-, 24-, 39- and 47-Across? |
| 29% | TATTOO | 6 | One of the many clues found on Jane's body on 15-Across |
| 29% | FIRST | 5 | With 9-Across, part one of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines |
| 29% | LEVI | 4 | Founder of one of the 12 tribes of Israel |
| 29% | CADMUS | 6 | Founder of Thebes; gave the Greeks an alphabet |
| 29% | ARP | 3 | One of the founders of Dadaism, Hans |
| 29% | COLERIDGE | 9 | One of the founders of the Romantic era, poet Samuel Taylor, who authored poems such as "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan" |
| 29% | ROCKIGUANA | 10 | The Jamaican ___, a lizard that is one of the rarest creatures, and was declared extinct before being found again in 1970: 2 wds. |
| 29% | POGS | 4 | Game of milk caps that was popular among kids in the 90s and is one of the best-selling Christmas gifts |