| 100% | FYRE | 4 | Failed music festival that was the subject of two popular 2019 documentaries |
| 43% | HERBALIFE | 9 | Controversial multilevel-marketing supplement company that was the subject of the 2016 documentary Betting on Zero |
| 41% | HALLELUJAH | 10 | Oft-covered song by 26-Across that is the subject of the BBC radio documentary "The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall" |
| 39% | EMU | 3 | Bird that was the subject of an Australian war |
| 39% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 film that is the subject of this puzzle |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Grp. that was the subject of a recent WikiLeaks release |
| 38% | XIII | 4 | Apollo mission that was the subject of a 1995 film |
| 38% | GTO | 3 | Car that was the subject of a 1964 top 10 hit |
| 38% | AOL | 3 | Tech company that was the subject of a 1997 Time cover |
| 38% | TOLEDO | 6 | Spanish city that was the subject of an El Greco painting |
| 38% | EMI | 3 | Co. that was the subject of a Sex Pistols diss track |
| 38% | CLONE | 5 | Biological duplicate that is the subject of many sci-fi movies |
| 38% | ANGORAS | 7 | Wool sources that were the subject of a 2013 PETA exposé |
| 38% | ICBM | 4 | Long-range nuke that was the subject of the SALT treaty: Abbr. |
| 38% | KATRINA | 7 | Hurricane that was the subject of 2006's "When the Levees Broke" |
| 38% | NCAA | 4 | Org. that was the subject of a 2021 Supreme Court antitrust ruling |
| 38% | WVA | 3 | American state that is the subject of the song "Country Roads": Abbr. |
| 38% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 37% | NBA | 3 | League that was the subject of the docuseries “Shut Up and Dribble”: Abbr. |
| 37% | SASHA | 5 | ___ Fierce, Beyonce's onstage alter-ego that was the subject of her 2008 album |
| 37% | MALARIA | 7 | Disease that was the subject of the second Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902) |
| 36% | EBERT | 5 | Movie reviewer who is the subject of the 2014 documentary "Life Itself" |
| 36% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic who is the subject of the 2014 documentary “Life Itself” |
| 36% | LAMARR | 6 | Actress and inventor Hedy who is the subject of the documentary “Bombshell” |
| 36% | SHIELDS | 7 | Actress Brooke who is the subject of the 2023 documentary "Pretty Baby" |
| 36% | SUNFLOWER | 9 | (See 12a) Bloom with edible seeds that was the subject of a famous painting by Van Gogh |
| 36% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who was the subject of the 2014 documentary “Life Itself” |
| 36% | EBERT | 5 | Film reviewer Roger who is the subject of the 2014 documentary "Life Itself" |
| 35% | DST | 3 | Observance that was the subject of a Last Week Tonight "How Is This Still a Thing?" segment: abbr. |
| 35% | PAAR | 4 | Subject of the documentary "As I Was Saying" |