| 100% | TWA | 3 | Co. of which Howard Hughes became the principal shareholder in 1939 |
| 39% | TWA | 3 | Co. that Howard Hughes got control of in 1937 when the Hughes Tool Company bought just over $800,000 worth of stock |
| 35% | DRX | 3 | 1939 film in which Bogart plays a creepy lab assistant, The Return of ___ |
| 34% | WIND | 4 | "Blowin' in the ___," 1962 song by Bob Dylan which later became an anthem of change |
| 33% | TWA | 3 | Howard Hughes acquisition of 1939 |
| 32% | DVD | 3 | CD-like format which became a popular way of watching 19a at home in the early 2000s: Abbr. |
| 31% | ELSTON | 6 | Howard who became the Yankees’ first Black player, in 1955 |
| 30% | DIANA | 5 | ___ Spencer, who became the Princess of Wales in 1981 |
| 30% | AENEAS | 6 | Principal lieutenant of Hector in the "Iliad" |
| 30% | PTA | 3 | Org. in which Marge becomes involved in a classic 1995 episode of "The Simpsons" |
| 30% | OFFA | 4 | He became the King of Mercia in the year 757 |
| 30% | JACKHALEY | 9 | Tin Woodman actor in 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz |
| 30% | GOLDIE | 6 | Co-star of Meryl in "Death Becomes Her" |
| 30% | SNAPPY | 6 | ___ Gifts, co. founded in 2015 which last year was listed in Forbes as one of the 10 Most Promising Young Israeli Startups in NY |
| 30% | WREN | 4 | Bird that became the "king of the birds," in European mythology |
| 30% | ELSA | 4 | She becomes the protector of the Enchanted Forest in "Frozen II" |
| 30% | SLIPPERS | 8 | Dorothy's ruby shoes in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz |
| 29% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | The direction in which the hands of time move |
| 29% | TSR | 3 | Co. acquired by Wizards of the Coast in 1997 |
| 29% | SHIVA | 5 | One of the principal deities in Hinduism |
| 29% | ROBERT | 6 | ___ California, recurring character who becomes the CEO of Sabre in "The Office" |
| 29% | ASTIN | 5 | Co-star of Wood in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 29% | AHMEDELTAYEB | 12 | Egyptian Islamic scholar who became the grand imam of al-Azhar in 2010 |
| 29% | ORANG | 5 | Critter of which there is a surprisingly small number left in the world |
| 29% | FAERIES | 7 | Creatures of which Gloriana is the “Queene,” in a work by Edmund Spenser |
| 29% | AOL | 3 | Co. involved in a major merger of the early two-thousands |
| 29% | ARTS | 4 | Section of the paper in which the crossword appears |
| 29% | ASTIN | 5 | Wood co-star in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 29% | ESSAY | 5 | Component of the SAT that became optional in 2016 |
| 29% | DEB | 3 | Haaland who became secretary of the interior in 2021 |