| 100% | ARGO | 4 | First steamship with a planned circumnavigation of the globe |
| 43% | URANUS | 6 | First planet discovered with the aid of a telescope |
| 41% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 41% | THOR | 4 | Superhero with a hammer who appeared in the first issue of the comic book "The Avengers" |
| 41% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ELT | 3 | Instrument currently under construction with a planned 130 ft. primary mirror located on top of Cerro Armazones in the Atacama Desert (abbr.) |
| 40% | DAVIDCUFIELD | 12 | First living magician with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 39% | MRPIM | 5 | A.A. Milne's play "___ Passes By" starring a title character with the first name of Carraway |
| 38% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 38% | STRIKE | 6 | Act of knocking down all the pins with the first ball of a frame in ten-pin bowling |
| 38% | SEALED | 6 | "__ with a Kiss"; song of the '60s |
| 38% | REAGAN | 6 | First U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 37% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 37% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Leader of the first global circumnavigation |
| 37% | MENSA | 5 | Group with a meeting of the minds? |
| 37% | TIME | 4 | Magazine with a Person of the Year |
| 37% | STRUM | 5 | Play with a sweep of the hand |
| 37% | TIME | 4 | Magazine with a "Person of the Year" |
| 37% | DEN | 3 | Room with a view of the television |
| 37% | MIT | 3 | Sch. with a view of the Charles |
| 37% | NEVA | 4 | River with a view of the Hermitage |
| 37% | CHIN | 4 | Part of the face with a goatee |
| 37% | TIME | 4 | Newsmagazine with a Person of the Year |
| 37% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body with a lobe |
| 37% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body with a canal |
| 36% | APRIL | 5 | Month with a first day full of pranks |
| 36% | SIT | 3 | One of the first commands a puppy learns |
| 36% | ALCATRAZ | 8 | Island with a view of the Golden Gate |
| 36% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 36% | HOWDO | 5 | Greeting said with a tip of the hat |