| 100% | PODRACING | 9 | Fictional sport in "Star Wars" that is a contest of speed between small one-man spacecraft |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that was a battleground in the War of 1812 |
| 35% | EWOK | 4 | One of a number of small creatures who live on the moon of Endor in the Star Wars film series |
| 35% | EWOK | 4 | One of a number of small creatures in the Star Wars film series who live on the moon of Endor |
| 33% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THEGOLDEN | 9 | "___ Palace," sitcom that was a spin-off of "The Golden Girls," in which Don Cheadle (birthday today) starred as Roland Wilson: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STEEL | 5 | "___ Magnolias," 1989 film with an ensemble cast that is about a group of women in a small, Southern community |
| 31% | SOS | 3 | ABBA song that was the A-side of "Man in the Middle" |
| 31% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 31% | SHARK | 5 | Sea predator that was a star in 'Jaws' |
| 31% | PSALM | 5 | The first one begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 31% | RACED | 5 | Participated in a contest of speed |
| 31% | BASEBALL | 8 | Men's bat-and-ball sport that was contested in the Olympics from 1992-2008 and will make a return in 2020 |
| 31% | DETROITLIONS | 12 | NFC North squad that is one of four NFL teams that plays their home games in a fixed-roof stadium: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ATLANTA | 7 | With 34-Across, NFC South squad that is one of four NFL teams that plays their home games in a fixed-roof stadium |
| 30% | NOB | 3 | One of wealth and standing in Britain ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 30% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 30% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 30% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 30% | BONUS | 5 | Corporate perk that is a delightful "extra" in one's paycheck |
| 30% | ASP | 3 | Snake that was a symbol of royalty in ancient Egypt |
| 30% | ASP | 3 | Snake that was a symbol of royalty, in ancient Egypt |
| 30% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 30% | SLAMPOETS | 9 | Ones in a war of words? |
| 29% | GUNS | 4 | "The ___ of Navarone," a 1961 war film starring Gregory Peck which is considered one of the greatest war films of all time |
| 29% | INP | 3 | Formula for a compound of elements number 15 and 49 that is used in making high speed transistors |
| 29% | COHEIR | 6 | One of several named in a will |
| 29% | ADS | 3 | Commercials that are a usual break-time sight in most stadium sports, for short |
| 29% | STEP | 4 | "That's one small ___ for man ..." (start of a Neil Armstrong quote) |
| 29% | SWORDS | 6 | Weapons that are one of the four suits in tarot |