| 100% | SSA | 3 | Govt. agcy. that releases the annual most common newborn baby name list just prior to Mother's Day |
| 28% | FRC | 3 | Govt. agcy. established in 1927 that was intended to regulate the airwaves of the day |
| 25% | ANN | 3 | Per ssa.gov, baby name that's far more popular when "a" is added to it |
| 24% | ELSA | 4 | Baby name that had popularity bumps after the releases of "Frozen" and "Frozen II" |
| 23% | NOAH | 4 | Most popular male baby name of the twenty-tens, per the S.S.A. |
| 23% | LIAM | 4 | The most common name for baby boys born in America in 2018 |
| 23% | LIAM | 4 | The most common name for baby boys born in America in 2020 |
| 23% | AVA | 3 | Name that fills in the blanks to make another name: S_ _ _NNAH |
| 23% | MAIN | 4 | Most common street name in the U.S. |
| 23% | SSA | 3 | U.S. agcy. tracking the most popular baby names |
| 23% | MARY | 4 | Most common girl's name in the 1950s |
| 21% | ALEXA | 5 | Baby name with plummeting popularity since the release of Amazon's voice assistant |
| 21% | SMITH | 5 | The most common last name in the U.S. |
| 21% | JACOB | 5 | Most popular baby boy's name of the 2000s |
| 21% | JENNIFER | 8 | Name that may have been derived from the juniper plant and common to 13a, 18a, 32a, and 39d |
| 21% | ETC | 3 | "There's more to the list...": Abbr. |
| 21% | SSA | 3 | Org. that compiles a Most Popular Baby Names list |
| 21% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 21% | CANINES | 7 | More common name for the cuspids |
| 21% | EAST | 4 | Direction that's to the right on most maps |
| 21% | RANCH | 5 | Dressing that gets top place on the most popular list according to the Association for Dressings and Sauces |
| 21% | LEE | 3 | Most common last name in the world |
| 20% | MON | 3 | Most common day to call in sick: Abbr. |
| 20% | SMITH | 5 | Most common last name in the United States |
| 20% | GROUNDHOG | 9 | "Happy ___ Day (woodchuck)!", a tradition that's also the name of a popular 1993 Bill Murray film... and a hint to solve 20a, 26a, 40a, 46a, and 10d |
| 20% | BRETT | 5 | Name atop the NFL's most consecutive games started list (for 1992-2010) |
| 20% | TOKYO | 5 | City that's home to the most Michelin three-star restaurants |
| 20% | ARISTA | 6 | Record label that released the best-selling soundtrack to “The Bodyguard” |
| 20% | HURON | 5 | Michigan county named for the lake that's next to it |
| 20% | RAH | 3 | Victorian building that someone, according to "A Day in the Life", knew how many holes it took to fill (abbr.) |