100% | FIRE | 4 | Did you know that the book "___ from Heaven" by Mary Renault is about 44a's childhood? |
46% | HARRIET | 7 | Did you know that the world's largest 1a was believed to have been lain by the British hen ___ in 2010? |
40% | EGYPT | 5 | Did you know, that a city named after 44a is in Cairo's country? |
38% | CHOLULA | 7 | Did you know? The Great Pyramid of ___ located in Mexico is the world's largest pyramid by volume |
38% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | "Do They Know It's ___?," 1984 song by Band Aid that was written about the Ethiopian famine |
37% | JOLIE | 5 | Did you know, Angelina ___ starred in the 2004 eponymous movie about 44a? |
35% | SILENTSPRING | 12 | 44-Across book about the environmental harm done by pesticides that was a finalist for the 1963 National Book Award for Nonfiction (2 wds.) |
34% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | The first rule is that you do not talk about it |
34% | BEER | 4 | Did you know? Mexico is the world's largest exporter of ___ (alcoholic brew) |
33% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Did you know? The Mayans were the first to make hot ___ (winter beverage), in which the heat came from chili peppers not temperature |
33% | WAY | 3 | *Did you know that if the Milky ___ Galaxy were condensed to the size of the U.S., 7d would be smaller than a grain of rice? |
32% | VENUS | 5 | *Did you know that a day on ___ (second rock from 7d) is longer than a year on it? |
32% | SWEDEN | 6 | Did you know, ABBA was the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest for ___ (Stockholm's country)? |
32% | SNOW | 4 | Did you know, icebergs in the oceans aren't salty as they form from glacier bits made of "this frozen ice form that falls as flakes"? |
32% | GIFT | 4 | "The Supreme ___," 1991 book by Paulo Coelho that was adapted from the works of Henry Drummond |
32% | SOLARIS | 7 | Planet from the eponymous book that is depicted as covered by a single massive ocean |
32% | SAND | 4 | *Did you know that there are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of ___ on Earth? |
31% | YOUREMUTED | 10 | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
31% | END | 3 | Did you know, ABBA's music adaptation "Mamma Mia!" is still in the top-ten longest running productions on the West ___? |
31% | MASS | 4 | *Did you know that 7d is so large, it accounts for 99.86% of the ___ (amount of matter) of the entire solar system? |
31% | HAMMER | 6 | Type of baggy pants from the '90s that was popularized by the rapper known for "U Can't Touch This" |
30% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | 1985 Top 10 song by 42-Across that begins, "I wanted to be with you alone / And talk about the weather" (3 wds.) |
29% | PEAKXV | 6 | The name that Everest was known by until 1865 |
29% | SALAD | 5 | Did you know? Caesar ___ (dish with lettuce and croutons), was invented in Baja California, Mexico by Caesar Cardini |
29% | BELL | 4 | "The ___ doesn't dismiss you, I do!" phrase to keep students in class until the lesson is over that you have probably heard from your teacher |
29% | REY | 3 | Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd singer Lana del ___ |
29% | HERO | 4 | "Did you ever know that you're my ___" (lyric from the Grammy-winning song "Wind Beneath My Wings") |
28% | BACK | 4 | "Elvis is ___!," 1960 album by Elvis Presley that was recorded after his discharge from the U.S. Army |
28% | RBG | 3 | Initials of the person who said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
28% | BREAKING | 8 | "___ Up Is Hard to Do," 1962 song by Neil Sedaka that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |