| 100% | NYT | 3 | Co. that, in 1925, said of crosswords "The craze evidently is dying out fast" |
| 37% | INN | 3 | Place that was out of room, in the Christmas story |
| 36% | LAMB | 4 | Animal that the month of March is said to "go out like" |
| 36% | ANOA | 4 | Small Asian bovine that often appears out of the blue in crosswords |
| 34% | CHEETAH | 7 | Large cat which is the fastest animal in the world that can reach a speed of 70 mph |
| 34% | TIME | 4 | "In My ___ of Dying" 1975 song by the rock band Led Zeppelin that was released in their album "Physical Graffiti" |
| 34% | POLECAR | 7 | The vehicle that is first out on the track in Indy racing, say: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NKOTB | 5 | Boy band that was big in the '80s (when most of the items in the theme answers came out), briefly |
| 34% | FALCON | 6 | Peregrine ___, bird of prey which is the fastest bird in the world that can reach a speed of 240 mph |
| 33% | OVERDRAWN | 9 | Said of the bank balance that is below zero |
| 33% | STRAPPEDFORCASH | 15 | Something that you've placed over your shoulder in the hope that it will somehow drag you out of the hole? |
| 33% | STUART | 6 | First name of an E. B. White character who says that “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone” |
| 33% | ONEMIND | 7 | What those in agreement are said to be of |
| 33% | LED | 3 | Was in charge of the troop, say |
| 32% | SUNNY | 5 | "It's Always ___ in Philadelphia," 2005 sitcom that is one of the fastest-talking TV shows with 176.2 words spoken per minute |
| 32% | TVCREW | 6 | Those involved in the production of "Beef," say |
| 32% | DISOWNS | 7 | Takes out of the will, say |
| 32% | DISOWNS | 7 | Cuts out of the will, say |
| 32% | EMI | 3 | Co. that was the subject of a Sex Pistols diss track |
| 31% | HUNGRIEST | 9 | The one that is the most in need of food |
| 31% | MEATLOAF | 8 | The Bat Out of Hell singer who died in 2022 |
| 31% | KNELT | 5 | Was in the front row of a team photo, say |
| 31% | HOMERS | 6 | Hits that might be out of the park |
| 31% | ALCOA | 5 | Co. that just announced the closure of its Point Comfort refinery in Texas |
| 31% | PALM | 4 | Co. that was the first to successfully market a PDA worldwide in 1997 |
| 31% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 31% | OCCUPANCY | 9 | The percentage of a hotel's rooms that are in use |
| 31% | STRIKES | 7 | In baseball, three of these mean the batter is out |
| 31% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 31% | DISCO | 5 | Kind of fever that broke out in the seventies? |