| 100% | ENRON | 5 | Energy and commodities giant with 29,000 employees that declared bankruptcy in 2001 due to accounting fraud |
| 29% | ENRON | 5 | Energy giant that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 |
| 26% | ITT | 3 | Tech school that declared bankruptcy in 2016 (***) |
| 25% | ENRON | 5 | Energy giant with a spectacular 2001 bankruptcy |
| 25% | NUPE | 4 | Public service union that joined with COHSE and NALGO in 1993 to form UNISON (inits) |
| 24% | ENRON | 5 | Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001 |
| 24% | ENRON | 5 | Energy company that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 |
| 23% | SESAME | 6 | With 29-Across, children's show starring Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch that debuted in 1969 |
| 23% | PAYLESS | 7 | Shoe retailer that declared bankruptcy in 2019 |
| 23% | BED | 3 | Place with pillows and blankets that is hard to leave in the morning |
| 22% | ATARI | 5 | Pioneer video game maker that declared bankruptcy in January 2013 |
| 22% | YAHOO | 5 | Internet giant that began as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" in 1994 |
| 22% | ACL | 3 | Part of HHS created in 2012 that aims to "maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults and people with disabilities" among others (abbr.) |
| 21% | SAUDIGAZELLE | 12 | Antelope species from the Arabian peninsula which went extinct due to excessive hunting and was officially declared extinct in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 21% | VOODOO | 6 | Type of doll that Singh tries to kill Indy with in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" |
| 21% | DIGITALDIVIDE | 13 | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 21% | DORKS | 5 | Those with personal libraries second to none, raise their hands every 5 minutes in class and always, always do their projects on time |
| 20% | JARULE | 6 | Rapper with back-to-back triple-platinum albums in 2000 and 2001 |
| 20% | TUSIMPLE | 8 | Co. that's launched a self-driving freight network, starting in Texas and Arizona with plans to be national by 2024 |
| 20% | EGRET | 5 | Bird that became endangered in the 19th and early 20th century due to demands from hat makers |
| 20% | SCAM | 4 | “___ Goddess” (Laci Mosley podcast “dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it”) |
| 20% | AROOMOF | 7 | With 41-Down, essay in which Virginia Woolf asserts that women need privacy and independence in order to write fiction |
| 20% | ENRON | 5 | Energy giant that fell into ignominy in 2002 |
| 20% | ENRON | 5 | Corporate giant in a 2001 bankruptcy |
| 20% | TARN | 4 | A mountain lake formed due to rainfall that rhymes with "barn" |
| 19% | AMP | 3 | Energy drink that competes with Red Bull and Monster |
| 19% | ENRON | 5 | Disgraced energy company with a 2001 bankruptcy |
| 19% | ENRON | 5 | Energy company that went bankrupt in 2001 |
| 19% | OTHER | 5 | Alternative to this and that, with "the" |
| 19% | SNL | 3 | NBC sketch show that added Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang to the cast in 2019 (Abbr.) |