| 100% | REEK | 4 | Huge creature that went on a rampage in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" and was killed by the marksmanship of Jango Fett |
| 32% | EWOK | 4 | One of a number of small creatures who live on the moon of Endor in the Star Wars film series |
| 32% | EWOK | 4 | One of a number of small creatures in the Star Wars film series who live on the moon of Endor |
| 32% | SSW | 3 | One of the half winds on a compass rose that was named "Ostro-Libeccio" in the 14th and 15th centuries |
| 31% | ROCKIGUANA | 10 | The Jamaican ___, a lizard that is one of the rarest creatures, and was declared extinct before being found again in 1970: 2 wds. |
| 31% | COLOSSALSQUID | 13 | A massive, tentacled sea creature that is one of the largest animals on the planet and is the largest known invertebrate: 2 wds. |
| 31% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 31% | SOTHERN | 7 | Actress Ann who has two Hollywood Walk of Fame stars and was injured in 1974 by the falling of a fake tree! |
| 31% | HAPPY | 5 | 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of "Despicable Me 2" and was Billboard's number-one single in 2014 |
| 31% | INFECTION | 9 | Invaders were killed by this in War of the Worlds |
| 31% | DOWN | 4 | System of a ___, heavy metal band that went on a hiatus in 2006 and made a comeback in 2010 |
| 31% | SPREE | 5 | Jack the Ripper is a murderer who went on a killing ___ in London |
| 31% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that was a battleground in the War of 1812 |
| 30% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 30% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 30% | YOUREMUTED | 10 | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
| 30% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 30% | ROSE | 4 | ___ Byrne, actress who cameoed as Dorme in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" |
| 29% | NATHANHALE | 10 | Revolutionary War spy who was captured and killed by the British at the age of twenty-one |
| 29% | SHIPS | 5 | "A Thousand ___," novel by Natalie Haynes that is a retelling of the Trojan War |
| 29% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 29% | LAKE | 4 | ___ Victoria, waterbody in the Tanzanian and Ugandan forests that is a source of the Nile |
| 29% | BORAT | 5 | 2006 film starring Sacha Baron Cohen that is shot in the style of a mockumentary |
| 29% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 28% | FAERIES | 7 | Creatures of which Gloriana is the “Queene,” in a work by Edmund Spenser |
| 28% | JANE | 4 | I am considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees and was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002 |
| 28% | MAGICAL | 7 | & 7D Film starring, written and co-directed by The Beatles that first aired on BBC TV in 1967 |
| 28% | THOUSAND | 8 | "A ___ Ships," 2019 novel by Natalie Haynes that is a modern retelling of the Trojan War mythology |
| 28% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 28% | ASTER | 5 | Daisy-like flower that is a member of the sunflower family and blooms late in fall |