| 100% | TIANANMEN | 9 | Chinese Square where protests happened in 1989 |
| 38% | TIANANMEN | 9 | __ Square, Beijing, saw democracy protests in 1989 |
| 34% | TRAFALGAR | 9 | __ Square, where Landseer's lions sprawl in London |
| 34% | ERS | 3 | Places where triage happens in hospitals: Abbr. |
| 31% | STAGE | 5 | Where the action happens in a theater |
| 31% | HOTPOT | 6 | Chinese-restaurant style where diners can cook their own meat in broth |
| 29% | MAO | 3 | This person's portrait was egged in the '89 Tiananmen Square protests |
| 29% | TANGRAM | 7 | Chinese puzzle in which a square is cut into seven pieces and formed into figures |
| 29% | MADISON | 7 | ___ Square Garden, venue where "The Concert for New York City" was held in 2001 |
| 28% | SUDOKU | 6 | Newspaper puzzle where numbers go in squares |
| 28% | ENSUE | 5 | Happen in result |
| 28% | ONSCREEN | 8 | Happening in film |
| 28% | ARENA | 5 | Market Square ___, indoor platform in Indianapolis where Elvis Presley performed his final concert in 1977 |
| 27% | AERIAL | 6 | Happening in the sky |
| 27% | WHAT | 4 | "___ Happens in Vegas" |
| 27% | WHAT | 4 | "___ happens in Vegas..." |
| 27% | BETWEENTHELINES | 15 | Where hidden meanings are found, and where both sets of four horizontal black squares in the puzzle are |
| 27% | NAIROBI | 7 | City where parliament was stormed in June, 2024, in a wave of protests against proposed taxes |
| 27% | TRITON | 6 | Moon photographed by Voyager 2 in 1989 |
| 27% | RAP | 3 | Genre introduced to the Grammys in 1989 |
| 27% | BERLIN | 6 | This wall finally came down in 1989 |
| 27% | BERLINWALL | 10 | Cold War construction that fell in 1989 |
| 27% | XXXXXX | 6 | Happening in the near future |
| 27% | VEGAS | 5 | "What happens in ___ ..." |
| 27% | PASA | 4 | Happens, in Havana |
| 27% | LIT | 3 | Happening, in slang |
| 27% | VEGAS | 5 | "What happens in __ ... " |
| 27% | AFOOT | 5 | Happening, in process |
| 26% | TURNUPTHEHEAT | 13 | Increase pressure ... and a hint to what's happening, in three different ways, in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 26% | MINORKEY | 8 | What “The Room Where It Happens” is in |