| 100% | BROADCAST | 9 | First TV __ by Rignoux and Fournier was in 1909 |
| 41% | VCR | 3 | The first commercial one of these was introduced by Ampex in 1956 and cost roughly $50,000 |
| 40% | MAGICAL | 7 | & 7D Film starring, written and co-directed by The Beatles that first aired on BBC TV in 1967 |
| 40% | LECTER | 6 | Hannibal ___ and Will Graham, TV duo in the NBC series "Hannibal" played by Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy |
| 40% | PRIX | 4 | Grand ___ race organized by the Automobile Club de France in 1906 and held at Le Mans, was the first |
| 40% | CHUCK | 5 | ___ Bednarik, linebacker who was selected first overall draft pick by the Eagles and won the Maxwell Award in 1948 |
| 39% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NET | 3 | Short-lived TV network that first aired in Dec. 1993 and broadcast "The Progress Report", hosted by Newt Gingrich (abbr.) |
| 38% | SNOWBOARDING | 12 | Winter Olympic sport inspired by skiing which involves descending down the white winter blanket without poles and was first played in 1965 |
| 38% | CUNARD | 6 | Samuel ___, who got the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract in 1839 and whose company is now owned by the Carnival Corporation |
| 38% | NATIONAL | 8 | ___ Christmas Tree, iconic tree on display in the Ellipse, Washington D.C. that is lit up by the President and First Lady |
| 38% | DIVES | 5 | "Diners, Drive-Ins and ___," food reality TV series that is hosted by Guy Fieri |
| 37% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd drop by" |
| 37% | LASSIE | 6 | Famous Collie that's been in film, TV and radio |
| 36% | DEATH | 5 | First word in titles by Arthur Miller and Agatha Christie |
| 36% | CALEBWILLIAMS | 13 | USC quarterback and 2022 Heisman Trophy winner who was selected by the Chicago Bears as the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MEGYN | 5 | TV journalist Kelly who was portrayed by Charlize Theron in “Bombshell” |
| 36% | DROZ | 4 | TV host and surgeon whose first name is Mehmet: 2 wds. |
| 36% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | Its first radio was installed by Harding in 1922 |
| 36% | BOYSENBERRY | 11 | It was first cultivated in California by Walter Knott |
| 35% | BENSONDUBOIS | 12 | TV character played by Robert Guillaume in the 1970s and 1980s (2 wds.) |
| 35% | AGON | 4 | Ballet by George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky first performed in 1957 |
| 34% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 34% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 34% | BUPKIS | 6 | TV series created by and starring Pete Davidson that is based on his life |
| 34% | CINNAMON | 8 | ___ Toast Crunch, wheat and rice cereal that was first introduced in 1984 |
| 34% | ASLIGHTACHE | 11 | One-act play by Harold Pinter first staged and published in 1961 |
| 34% | THEROSEOF | 9 | & 21A Opera by Arthur Sullivan and Basil Hood first performed in 1899 |
| 34% | GOOD | 4 | "___ Eats," TV cooking show that is created and hosted by Alton Brown |