| 100% | CIRCLES | 7 | Round patterns that appear in fields of crops |
| 98% | AEIOU | 5 | Noteworthy features of rows 1-5, 6-10 and 11-15, in that order |
| 97% | JOL | 3 | Traditional holiday in Iceland that starts four weeks before Christmas and ends on January 6 |
| 96% | YOUNGBLOOD | 10 | 2018 song by 5 Seconds of Summer that reached #1 in their home nation of Australia |
| 94% | CLOUD | 5 | Type of storage that allows us to access our files and data from anywhere in the world |
| 94% | TOWN | 4 | "Another ___, Another Train," 1973 song by ABBA that was performed in the style of Simon and Garfunkel |
| 93% | EMI | 3 | Org. that supports Homeland Security and FEMA by improving competency of officials involved in US disaster response (abbr.) |
| 93% | THRILLER | 8 | Album by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones that won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1984 |
| 93% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 93% | DINT | 4 | By ___ of hard work |
| 92% | FAULT | 5 | "The ___ in Our Stars," 2012 novel by John Green which depicts the story of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters |
| 92% | THESECRETRACE | 13 | Biography by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle that takes the readers to the professional world of cycling: 3 wds. |
| 92% | LIGNE | 5 | Unit of length that became obsolete in the 18th century, but is still used by French and Swiss watchmakers |
| 91% | HAM | 3 | "Farmer Giles of ___," a comic medieval fable by J.R.R. Tolkien that describes encounters between Farmer Giles and a dragon |
| 91% | PERDONAME | 9 | Reggaeton song by the duo La Factoria and Eddy Lover that won the Urban Song of the Year in 2009 |
| 91% | CANDIDA | 7 | Comedy play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894 that revolves around the lives of a clergyman and his wife |
| 89% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | "The Bird-catcher and the ___," a popular fable by 38-Down that has a traditional tune in the Isle of Man |
| 89% | MARBLE | 6 | Type of hard surface that comes in Carrara |
| 89% | BATSFOR | 7 | Takes the plate in place of |
| 89% | NORMARAE | 8 | Field work of note in 1979 |
| 89% | AWE | 3 | In ___ of (amazed and inspired by) |
| 87% | REEK | 4 | Huge creature that went on a rampage in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" and was killed by the marksmanship of Jango Fett |
| 87% | ROCKIGUANA | 10 | The Jamaican ___, a lizard that is one of the rarest creatures, and was declared extinct before being found again in 1970: 2 wds. |
| 87% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande that won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year in 2020 |
| 87% | ABA | 3 | Org. HQed in Savage, Minnesota whose members play a winter game that's a hybrid of ice hockey, field hockey and soccer (abbr.) |
| 86% | BREATHING | 9 | Taking air in and out of the lungs |
| 86% | DANIELHARDMAN | 13 | Co-founder of the firm in "Suits" who was the former managing partner before Jessica Pearson and is portrayed by David Costabile: 2 wds. |
| 86% | CASTLESMADEOF | 13 | "___ Sand," a song by Jimi Hendrix that is about the temporary nature of existence and how nothing can be taken for granted: 3 wds. |
| 85% | DEC | 3 | Month that's covered by Sagittarius and Capricorn: Abbr. |