| 100% | EBD | 3 | Building construction process, often adopted by health care orgs., that relies on scientific research to get the best results (abbr.) |
| 26% | NASA | 4 | Agency that plans to land a woman on the moon by 2024: Abbr. |
| 25% | SALESCLERKS | 11 | Ones who'd like to get the goods on you |
| 23% | AMA | 3 | Org. that bestows the Scientific Achievement Award: Abbr. |
| 23% | YMCA | 4 | Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter |
| 22% | SWINGSETS | 9 | Good places to get pushed on the playground |
| 22% | GLOVES | 6 | Good things to have on hand when the weather gets cold? |
| 22% | SAVE | 4 | Good thing to do often on a computer that randomly crashes sometimes |
| 22% | NAIL | 4 | Get the goods on |
| 21% | ESA | 3 | Intl. org. that was the first to land a probe on a comet (2014) |
| 21% | GPA | 3 | A good one could get you on the Dean's List: Abbr. |
| 21% | ACED | 4 | Got the best possible score on |
| 21% | AGING | 5 | Getting on in years, and a process that everyone in the world goes through (:-o) |
| 21% | GEL | 3 | "The results show that the team is starting to ___ at last!" (working well together) |
| 21% | EVITA | 5 | First British musical to get the Best Musical Tony |
| 21% | MIDNIGHTRIDER | 13 | 1971 song co-written by the late Gregg Allman that begins, "Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin'" (2 wds.) |
| 21% | PRESALE | 7 | Chance for select customers to get the best seats, say |
| 21% | SAN | 3 | Maritime org. that the "Isandlwana" belongs to (abbr.) |
| 20% | SALE | 4 | Good time to get the goods |
| 20% | RAT | 3 | "The ___" (song by the Walkmen that begins "You've got a nerve to be asking a favor") |
| 20% | ELEVATORMUSIC | 13 | Tunes that might make you want to get out on the floor? |
| 20% | RSA | 3 | US org. that researches the ancient art of persuasion (abbr.) |
| 20% | WAITING | 7 | "___ on a War," song by Foo Fighters that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock song in 2022 |
| 20% | COME | 4 | "The Best is Yet to ___," album by Ella Fitzgerald that won her the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1984 |
| 20% | RANCH | 5 | Dressing that gets top place on the most popular list according to the Association for Dressings and Sauces |
| 20% | EVER | 4 | "We Are Never ___ Getting Back Together," breakup song by Taylor Swift that's an inspiration to move on |
| 20% | WRONGFOOT | 9 | To get off on the __ __ (incorrect limb) |
| 20% | LIVINGWAGE | 10 | Enough to get by on |
| 19% | SMOKER | 6 | "The ___ You Drink, the Player You Get," 1973 studio album by Joe Walsh that proved to be his commercial breakthrough |
| 19% | PTA | 3 | Grp. that might get a talking-to by the principal |