| 100% | PURIM | 5 | Holiday commemorating the delivery of the Jews from a massacre planned by Haman |
| 44% | PURIM | 5 | Holiday celebrating the saving of Jews from Haman |
| 35% | ELLIPSIS | 8 | The omission of words from a text, shown by dots |
| 34% | IJSSELMEER | 10 | Shallow artificial lake in the Netherlands formed from the closure of the Zuiderzee by a dam in 1932 |
| 34% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the sea by a reef |
| 34% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the ocean by a reef |
| 33% | LETTERS | 7 | "___ from a Stoic," a collection of 124 epistles by Seneca the Younger |
| 33% | CHIOS | 5 | Greek island separated from Turkey by a strait of the same name |
| 32% | DEBT | 4 | Student ___ (subject of a forgiveness plan announced by the Biden Administration in August, 2022) |
| 32% | ABSENCE | 7 | The state of being away from a place |
| 31% | GLENCOE | 7 | Site in Scotland of a 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells and English troops |
| 31% | FREEPR | 6 | The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally |
| 31% | KORE | 4 | Moon also known as Jupiter XLIX discovered by a team from the University of Hawaii in 2003 |
| 31% | ALN | 3 | English river mentioned by Ptolemy and the site of a still-occupied castle dating from about 1096 |
| 31% | MINORITYLEADER | 14 | Original title of a nonfiction work by 45-Across republished as "Lead from the Outside" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | HOMECOMING | 10 | 2023 novel by 37-Across that tells the story of a journalist who uncovers secrets from the past |
| 30% | FATALE | 6 | Natasha ___, a female villain from the 2000 "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" film voiced by Rene Russo |
| 30% | MICHAEL | 7 | A Christian archangel, protector of the Jews |
| 30% | BASS | 4 | The amount of "thump" from a speaker |
| 30% | HANDOFF | 7 | Transfer of the football from a quarterback to a runner |
| 30% | EQUITY | 6 | The value of shares issued by a company |
| 30% | ALBEDO | 6 | The proportion of light reflected by a surface |
| 30% | TRUCKLOAD | 9 | The amount of goods transported by a semi |
| 30% | JUNETEENTH | 10 | American holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States |
| 30% | WANT | 4 | "I___ Candy," a cover version by the '80s band Bow Wow Wow from their album "The Last of the Mohicans" |
| 30% | RIOTING | 7 | The violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd |
| 30% | COCONUT | 7 | The fruit of a tree from the palm family |
| 30% | HERITAGE | 8 | The riches of the past owned by a country |
| 30% | CHERUB | 6 | The type of angel represented by a chubby child |
| 30% | PURSUANCE | 9 | The following of a plan |