| 100% | QUAKERBOATS | 11 | How Robert Hodgson and his compatriots got to New Amsterdam from England in 1657? |
| 31% | BROWNING | 8 | Robert —, poet whose works include How they Brought the Good News From Ghent To Aix and Love Among the Ruins |
| 31% | BROWNING | 8 | Robert —, poet whose works include How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix and The Ring and the Book |
| 26% | JAMESCOOK | 9 | Explorer who sailed from England, mapping the Pacific islands, New Zealand, and Australia from 1768 to 1779: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BUYUP | 5 | What Anthony Ward, aka. "Chocfinger", and his Armajaro Holdings tried to do with all the cocoa they could get in July 2010 |
| 25% | KNOWYOU | 7 | Getting to __, from Rodgers' The King and I |
| 25% | KNOWYOU | 7 | Getting to __, song from the King and I |
| 24% | PINA | 4 | "If you like ___ coladas and getting caught in the rain ...," lyrics from "Escape" by Rupert Holmes which may be his preferred drink |
| 23% | ATL | 3 | Loser to New England in Super Bowl LI: Abbr. |
| 23% | ANAGRAM | 7 | How to get from Ames to Mesa |
| 23% | MAGIC | 5 | How to get something from nothing, perhaps |
| 23% | MEDAL | 5 | What the High Priest Johanan got from Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC for sending Hebrew aid to help his campaign |
| 23% | AMY | 3 | Johnson who flew solo from England to Australia in 1930 |
| 23% | NOTBYALONGSHOT | 14 | How to score in basketball from close up? |
| 23% | POTTER | 6 | Harry who gets to Hogwarts from platform 9 and 3/4 |
| 23% | UNH | 3 | New England sch. with campuses in Durham and Manchester |
| 23% | SUE | 3 | Try to get money from in court |
| 23% | DEWITTWALLACE | 13 | Publisher and philanthropist who was inspired to create 41-Across while reading magazine articles during his recuperation from injuries he sustained in WWI (2 wds.) |
| 23% | KURTRUSSELL | 11 | "Escape from New York" actor who played Elvis Presley in the TV film "Elvis" and an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2 wds.) |
| 23% | ATLANTA | 7 | ___ Falcons, team that lost to New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI |
| 23% | MAYFLOWER | 9 | Ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to North America in 1620 |
| 23% | JOHNSON | 7 | Amy —, British aviator who flew solo from England to Australia in 1930 |
| 22% | SAIL | 4 | How pirates used to get from one place to another |
| 22% | BOB | 3 | ___ and weave (move to avoid getting hit, in boxing) |
| 22% | INCAS | 5 | The emperor and his subjects in Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" |
| 22% | WORKLOAD | 8 | How busy you are in your job from day to day |
| 22% | MAPS | 4 | They show how to get from here to there |
| 22% | EXPLORED | 8 | Experienced and got to know new places |
| 22% | SONYA | 5 | Whom Raskolnikov confesses his crime to in "Crime and Punishment" |
| 22% | NETS | 4 | Team that moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012 |