| 100% | YOSEMITE | 8 | California park that translates to "those who kill" in Miwok |
| 47% | TAHOE | 5 | California freshwater lake with a name that translates to "edge of the lake" in Washoe |
| 41% | ETERNAL | 7 | "___ life belongs to those who live in the present": Wittgenstein |
| 41% | LISTENERS | 9 | Those who tune in to a radio broadcast |
| 41% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater, phrase that translates to "nourishing mother" in Latin |
| 38% | URIAH | 5 | Whom King David sent to be killed in battle |
| 38% | GOBI | 4 | Cold desert in Mongolia with a name that translates to "waterless place" in Mongolian |
| 38% | AVON | 4 | River in England with a name that translates to "river" in Celtic language |
| 37% | ALCATRAZ | 8 | Island in California that used to be a prison |
| 37% | BEARD | 5 | Those who grew one in 1700s Russia had to pay a tax |
| 37% | ANAHEIM | 7 | City in California, US, that houses Disneyland Park |
| 36% | ALBA | 4 | Jessica who starred in "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" |
| 36% | UNRUH | 5 | California politico Jesse who lost to Reagan in 1970 |
| 36% | YOSEMITE | 8 | National park located in California's Sierra Nevada mountains that was featured in the movie "Maverick" |
| 36% | SAHARA | 6 | World's largest hot desert in Africa with a name that translates to "desert" in Arabic |
| 36% | MACDUFF | 7 | Character who kills Macbeth in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 36% | ANAHEIM | 7 | US city in California that houses Disneyland Park |
| 35% | SONNYLISTON | 11 | Heavyweight champion who lost that title to 40-Across in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GLOVE | 5 | Word that, in German, translates directly to "hand shoe" |
| 35% | LAG | 3 | Shot that determines who gets to break, in billiards |
| 35% | DRIVERS | 7 | Those who should follow the advice in the sounded-out answers to the five starred clues |
| 35% | CAHN | 4 | Sammy who wrote the lyrics to "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" |
| 35% | JOSHUATREE | 10 | Yucca that gives its name to a California national park |
| 34% | DAVI | 4 | Actor Robert who played the villain in "Licence to Kill" |
| 34% | ORION | 5 | Hunter who threatened to kill every animal in the world |
| 34% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who was the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol |
| 34% | JEM | 3 | To Kill a Mockingbird character who is dead in Go Set a Watchman |
| 34% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who wouldn't move to the back of the bus in 1955 |
| 33% | KIESE | 5 | Laymon who wrote “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America” |
| 33% | FOIEGRAS | 8 | Duck- or goose-liver delicacy that’s illegal to produce in California |