| 100% | NOYADE | 6 | Execution by drowning as carried out during the Reign of Terror at Nantes, France, from 1793-94 |
| 25% | SCARLET | 7 | The __ Pimpernel, Reign of Terror novel by Orczy |
| 24% | ADRIANI | 7 | Pope during the reign of Charlemagne |
| 24% | TRAIN | 5 | "___ of Thought," 1974 single by Cher from the same album as 40a |
| 24% | DANTON | 6 | Prominent figure in the Reign of Terror |
| 24% | RALEIGH | 7 | Explorer during the reign of Elizabeth I |
| 23% | SODOM | 5 | City destroyed by "brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven" |
| 23% | JACOBINS | 8 | Radical group that devised the Reign of Terror |
| 23% | ROCOCO | 6 | It flowered during the reign of Louis XV |
| 23% | LOCKED | 6 | "___ Out of Heaven," 2012 song by Bruno Mars from the studio album "Unorthodox Jukebox" |
| 22% | IDINA | 5 | Real first name of the singer introduced by John Travolta at the 2014 Oscars as "Adele Dazeem" |
| 22% | MINORITYLEADER | 14 | Original title of a nonfiction work by 45-Across republished as "Lead from the Outside" (2 wds.) |
| 22% | CHANGESONESTUNE | 15 | Starts looking at things differently, as demonstrated by the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 22% | RANDY | 5 | ___ Breuer, NBA player from Milwaukee Bucks who at 7ft 3in was listed as one of the tallest players |
| 21% | MING | 4 | Yao ___, Chinese NBA player from Houston Rockets who at 7ft 6in was listed as one of the tallest players |
| 21% | BHULLAR | 7 | Sim ___, Canadian NBA player from Sacramento Kings who at 7ft 5in was listed as one of the tallest players |
| 21% | MARKEATON | 9 | NBA player from Utah Jazz who at 7ft 4in was listed as one of the tallest players: 2 wds. |
| 21% | RALPHSAMPSON | 12 | NBA player from Houston Rockets who at 7ft 4in was listed as one of the tallest players: 2 wds. |
| 21% | ALOHASTATE | 10 | With "The," one of 50 since 8/21/1959, as hinted at by the answers to starred clues |
| 21% | BOBAN | 5 | ___ Marjanovic, Serbian NBA player from Dallas Mavericks who at 7ft 4in is the second-tallest active player as of 2019 |
| 21% | BORNE | 5 | Carried, as by the wind |
| 21% | INDURAIN | 8 | Miguel —, winner of the Tour de France cycle race from 1991-95 |
| 21% | ALEE | 4 | Out of the wind, at sea |
| 21% | TUDORS | 6 | "The ___," historical drama series set during the reign of King Henry VIII |
| 21% | OBI | 3 | Broad sash tied in a large bow at the back worn by Japanese women and children as part of the national costume |
| 20% | ZONE | 4 | The Twilight ___ Tower of Terror, popular themed attraction at Disney World inspired by Rod Serling's series |
| 20% | THANET | 6 | Isle of —, area of Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel |
| 20% | ARCHERFISH | 10 | Freshwater creature such as the Zebra —, which catches insects by spitting water at them |
| 20% | ALDERNEY | 8 | Island separated from the Cap de la Hague, France, by the Race of — |
| 20% | EXECUTOR | 8 | Somebody assigned to carry out the terms of a will |