| 100% | AZKABAN | 7 | Fictional detention center guarded by wraiths whose kisses suck away your happiness and leave you with your worst memories |
| 21% | WITHOUTME | 9 | 2018 #1 single by Halsey with the lyric "I was afraid to leave you on your own" (2 wds.) |
| 19% | SHERLOCK | 8 | ___ Holmes, fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, who you may associate with 20a, 33a, 42a, 9d, and 36d |
| 19% | TOP | 3 | ZZ ___, band with the song "Gimme All Your Lovin'" whose name was inspired by ZZ King and BB Hill |
| 18% | BLOWOUT | 7 | Good for your hair and bad if you're driving |
| 18% | LONE | 4 | 1994 Live hit with the lyric "And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate / To leave you there, by yourself" |
| 18% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 17% | GOTHEEXTRAMILE | 14 | "___, and you'll overshoot your destination by 5,280 feet" |
| 17% | LET | 3 | "___ bygones be bygones," nostalgic phrase that tells you to forgive and forget bad memories |
| 17% | ABBA | 4 | Band with the singles “Knowing Me, Knowing You” and “Does Your Mother Know” |
| 17% | FOILEDYOURTAXES | 15 | What your accountant has hopefully done by April 15 in order to leave you owing nothing? |
| 17% | MIB | 3 | Movie with a handheld memory zapper wielded by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, for short |
| 16% | INTERNATIONALE | 14 | Left-wing anthem whose lyrics were written by the anarchist Eugène Pottier, with “The” |
| 16% | THIRTEEN | 8 | Number you are left with when you take away two from fifteen |
| 16% | RACK | 4 | (3/6) Out of the corner of your eye, you see a looming figure by the door and panic, but it's just the clothes ___ stacked with hats and shirts! |
| 16% | APIANO | 6 | "I Love __": Irving Berlin song with the line "So you can keep your fiddle and your bow" |
| 16% | LIFE | 4 | "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious ___?": Mary Oliver |
| 16% | ASPARAGUS | 9 | Eurasian plant with small, scaly leaves whose young shoots are cooked and eaten |
| 16% | REGAN | 5 | "Standup and Away! With Brian ___," stand-up show hosted by the eponymous comedian |
| 16% | MORENO | 6 | Rita whose entire West Side Story Oscar-acceptance speech was "I can't believe it! Good Lord. I leave you with that." |
| 16% | SAMOAMILK | 9 | "And would you like anything else with your imported coffee?" "___" |
| 16% | LAURA | 5 | ___ and Luke, fictional couple from "General Hospital" whose iconic TV wedding was watched by 30 million viewers |
| 16% | MONTERO | 7 | 2021 Lil Nas X hit whose title ends with "(Call Me by Your Name)" |
| 16% | SCARY | 5 | Keeping you up at night with your eyes wide open and the sheets pulled up to your chin, say |
| 16% | CORY | 4 | ___ and Topanga, fictional couple from "Boy Meets World" whose wedding was approved by ABC after an internet poll |
| 16% | BLUESBROTHERS | 13 | Originally fictional band started on "SNL" by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, with "the": 2 wds. |
| 16% | DECAMP | 6 | Pack up your tent and leave |
| 16% | DECAMP | 6 | Take down your tent and leave |
| 16% | NOSE | 4 | Organ right in the center of your face that you'd get checked by 34a |
| 16% | BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENTS | 21 | "For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side," and others? |