| 100% | CRAB | 4 | Crustacean whose species range in size from .2 inches to 12 feet |
| 33% | GED | 3 | Test whose scores range from 100 to 200, in brief |
| 27% | ARCSINES | 8 | They range from -1 to 1 in trigonometry |
| 26% | KMART | 5 | Box store that's gone from 2,000+ locations in 2005 to just 17 today |
| 26% | ANNIELEIBOVITZ | 14 | Celebrity photographer whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Yankees infielder whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 25% | KARATE | 6 | Sport whose belt levels, from beginning to advanced, appear in the starred answers |
| 25% | ALEJANDROSANZ | 13 | Grammy-winning Spanish singer whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress whose character went to outer space in 1997's "Contact": 2 wds. |
| 25% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress whose character went to outer space in 2013's "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 25% | NOOMIRAPACE | 11 | Actress whose character went to outer space in 2012's "Prometheus": 2 wds. |
| 25% | FAULKNERUDA | 11 | Author of "The Light in August That Rises From Your Feet To Your Hair"? |
| 25% | SPECIALK | 8 | *Brand with the challenge to lose one inch from your waist in two weeks |
| 25% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 1994 to 1998: 2 wds. |
| 25% | STEVEHARVEY | 11 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 1996 to 2002: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BARRIERSTOENTRY | 15 | Impediments to newcomers, illustrated by black squares in rows 2, 4, 12 and 14 |
| 25% | TOETAG | 6 | Label attached to a foot in a morgue: 2 wds. |
| 24% | FLORIDA | 7 | Rapper and singer whose name comes from the state he was born in: 2 wds. |
| 24% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | He pitched in 1,115 games for the Yankees from 1995 to 2013: 2 wds. |
| 24% | JIMIHENDRIX | 11 | "Purple Haze" singer who served in the US Army from 1961 to 1962: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SALVADORDALI | 12 | Spanish surrealist whose home in Port Lligat, Catalonia has been converted to a museum: 2 wds. |
| 24% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose likeness was digitally recreated to complete his scenes as Proximo in "Gladiator": 2 wds. |
| 24% | PABLOPICASSO | 12 | Spanish cubist artist whose antiwar painting "Guernica" was in response to a Nazi bombing: 2 wds. |
| 24% | INBEEPARK | 9 | South Korean golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from June to October 2015: 2 wds. |
| 24% | GENEHACKMAN | 11 | "Hoosiers" actor who retired from acting after appearing in 2004's "Welcome to Mooseport": 2 wds. |
| 24% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | "Blue Suede Shoes" singer who served in the US Army from 1958 to 1960: 2 wds. |
| 24% | IRAS | 4 | First space telescope to survey the entire night sky in the 12 to 100 micrometer wavelength range |
| 24% | GEORGIAOKEEFFE | 14 | American artist whose house in Abiquiu, New Mexico has been converted to a house museum: 2 wds. |
| 24% | HEDDAGABLER | 11 | Henrik Ibsen play whose title character manipulates others in order to fulfill her own desires: 2 wds. |
| 24% | AGORAHILLS | 10 | 2023 Doja Cat hit whose title is a tribute to a town she lived in: 2 wds. |