| 100% | GOLDNUGGETS | 11 | Chicken dish best served at the top of the awards stand? |
| 48% | BARTENDERS | 10 | Chicken dish best served at a law firm? |
| 44% | DESSERT | 7 | Sweet dish served at the end of a meal |
| 41% | FIRST | 5 | At the top of the standings |
| 40% | BEST | 4 | At the top of the heap, quality-wise |
| 40% | UPON | 4 | At the top of |
| 39% | INGE | 4 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs playwright |
| 39% | PARTHENON | 9 | Temple at the top of the Acropolis |
| 39% | ABBESS | 6 | Person at the top of the order |
| 39% | HEADACHE | 8 | Pain at the top of the body |
| 39% | LOFT | 4 | Room at the top of the building |
| 39% | ABBESS | 6 | One at the top of the order |
| 39% | HIT | 3 | Song at the top of the charts |
| 39% | ASTRANGELOOP | 12 | Winner of Best Musical at the 75th Tony Awards, and the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 39% | KNOWINGYOU | 10 | Top 10 single that 30-Across performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | INGE | 4 | "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" playwright |
| 39% | INGE | 4 | "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" writer |
| 39% | WALTERMIGHTY | 12 | Cronkite when at the top of the ratings? |
| 39% | EXECS | 5 | Ones at the top of the corporate ladder |
| 39% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Notional point at the top of the globe |
| 39% | CEOS | 4 | Figs. at the top of the corporate ladder |
| 39% | APEXPREDATORS | 13 | Ones at the top of the food chain |
| 39% | ATTIC | 5 | Storage space at the top of the house |
| 39% | STARPUPIL | 9 | Student at the top of the honor roll |
| 39% | STAR | 4 | Shape at the top of the Starbucks logo |
| 38% | ALLOSAURUS | 10 | Reptile at the top of the Jurassic food chain |
| 38% | GIANT | 5 | Who Jack discovered at the top of the beanstalk |
| 38% | TIE | 3 | Any score, at the top of the 10th inning |
| 38% | APEX | 4 | ___ predator (animal at the top of the food chain) |
| 38% | TRUENORTH | 9 | Direction to the Pole at the top of the Earth |