| 100% | BABBAGE | 7 | Charles —, inventor born in 1791 who built a calculator that anticipated the computer |
| 32% | ROME | 4 | The place that wasn't built in a day |
| 32% | FOLLOWERS | 9 | Those in a crowd who are not the leaders |
| 31% | ELVIS | 5 | Who "has left the building," in a famous concert announcement |
| 31% | BRADLEY | 7 | Cooper who starred in The Hangover, A Star Is Born |
| 30% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | Six-time Masters champion who built The Bear's Club golf resort in Florida: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ICON | 4 | Signifier that bears a likeness to the thing it represents, in semiotics |
| 30% | MCKELLEN | 8 | Ian who voiced a bear in The Golden Compass movie |
| 29% | CAHN | 4 | Sammy who wrote the lyrics to "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" |
| 29% | STING | 5 | Rocker who plays himself, as a murder suspect, on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 29% | HOOKE | 5 | Robert —, English scientist born in 1635 who built the first Gregorian telescope |
| 29% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" actor who plays Charles on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BOTTLE | 6 | Spin the ___, fun party game that decides who should get a dare in every turn |
| 28% | BRAZZOS | 7 | Fictional action show within a show starring Charles Hayden-Savage of "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 28% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | "Only Murders in the Building" actor who shares his surname with a guitar maker (2 wds.) |
| 28% | FSIX | 4 | Computer key that moves the cursor to the address bar in a web browser |
| 28% | OZZIESMITH | 10 | Baseball Hall of Famer born in Mobile, Alabama, who holds the all-time record for assists by a shortstop (2 wds.) |
| 28% | HADRIAN | 7 | Roman Emperor who built a wall in Britain |
| 28% | LYNCH | 5 | Charles —, 18th-century planter in Virginia, US, who headed an irregular court that punished British supporters during the American Revolution |
| 28% | ELEANOR | 7 | Rigby who "waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door" |
| 27% | MICROWAVE | 9 | ___ oven, widely-used kitchen appliance that was accidentally discovered when a chocolate bar melted in the inventor's pocket |
| 27% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 27% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 27% | HADRIAN | 7 | Roman emperor who had a wall built in Britain as a defence against the northern tribes |
| 26% | FOURIER | 7 | Charles —, French social reformer born in 1772 who advocated a reorganisation of society into self-sufficient units |
| 26% | DISC | 4 | The D in a computer CD |
| 26% | SHORT | 5 | Martin ___, "Only Murders in the Building" actor who was nominated for the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
| 26% | SIBYL | 5 | One of a number of prophetesses in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld |
| 26% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | Actor who had a song from "A Star Is Born" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018: 2 wds. |