| 100% | NINETIES | 8 | Decade in which Entertainment Weekly and Maxim debuted |
| 50% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade in which the Slinky debuted ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade in which CORE and the UNCF were founded |
| 43% | THIRTIES | 8 | Decade in which MGM's The Wizard of Oz debuted |
| 35% | THIRTIES | 8 | Decade in which Morgan Freeman was born |
| 34% | AUGHTS | 6 | Decade in which many in Gen Z were born |
| 34% | THENEWYORKER | 12 | Weekly periodical for which E.B. White was a writer and contributing editor for six decades (3 wds.) |
| 31% | KIDS | 4 | New ___ on the Block, boy band that debuted in 1984 and which is known for the song "Step by Step" |
| 31% | KNOCKKNOCK | 10 | 1940 cartoon in which Woody Woodpecker debuted |
| 31% | CHOU | 4 | Dynasty in which Confucianism and Taoism emerged |
| 31% | ILIAD | 5 | Tale in which Hector and Achilles duel |
| 31% | ASCII | 5 | System in which 33 and 63 are "!" and "?" |
| 31% | CANASTA | 7 | Game in which jokers and twos are wild |
| 31% | ITALIAN | 7 | Language in which Ciao means hello and goodbye |
| 31% | HINDUISM | 8 | Religion in which atman and dharma are concepts |
| 31% | PACIFIC | 7 | Ocean in which Fiji and Tonga are located |
| 31% | NAMIBIA | 7 | Country in which Windhoek and Rundu are cities |
| 30% | WAITRESS | 8 | Musical in which Sara Bareilles made her Broadway debut |
| 30% | ESL | 3 | Educ. course in which grammar and idioms are taught |
| 30% | SINGAPORE | 9 | Country in which English and Mandarin are official languages |
| 30% | ION | 3 | Atom in which electrons and protons don't equal |
| 30% | NEGATIVE | 8 | Film print in which light and dark are reversed |
| 30% | KANSAS | 6 | US state in which Topeka and Wichita are found |
| 30% | EOCENE | 6 | Epoch in which modern mammals appeared and became dominant |
| 30% | ADAR | 4 | Month in which Moses reputedly was born and died |
| 30% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Game in which Q and Z are worth 10 |
| 30% | KNITTING | 8 | Activity in which you cast on and cast off |
| 30% | POSTIRONY | 9 | Like humor in which sincerity and detachment are entangled |
| 29% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | *1978 movie in which Kevin Bacon made his film debut |
| 29% | MODERNFAMILYGUY | 15 | Show in which Gloria and Lois commiserate about lazy husbands? |