| 100% | DARKMATTER | 10 | Hypothetical material said to account for twenty-five per cent of the universe’s total energetic density |
| 31% | TITHE | 5 | Give ten per cent of one’s income to the church |
| 30% | FELDSPAR | 8 | Rock-forming mineral consisting of aluminium silicates accounting for about 60 per cent of the earth's crust by weight |
| 29% | AFRICA | 6 | Home to roughly seventeen per cent of the world’s population |
| 27% | BRAVE | 5 | Willing to stand up for one's beliefs in the face of adversity, say |
| 27% | OCEAN | 5 | Approximately seventy per cent of the Earth’s surface |
| 26% | ASIAN | 5 | Like about sixty per cent of the world’s population |
| 26% | SAHARA | 6 | About twenty-five per cent of Africa |
| 26% | NOAH | 4 | Most popular male baby name of the twenty-tens, per the S.S.A. |
| 25% | BRAIN | 5 | "Three pounds of the most complex material we've discovered in the universe," per David Eagleman |
| 25% | TIKTOK | 6 | App said to be partially responsible for the mega-success of “Old Town Road” and “Truth Hurts” |
| 25% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor for whom the S.I. unit of magnetic-flux density is named |
| 25% | WHO | 3 | One of the five W's for a journalist |
| 24% | TARED | 5 | Adjusted to account for a container's weight (and an anagram of 40 Across) |
| 24% | IOS | 3 | Island said to be the home of Homer's tomb |
| 24% | MUTUALAID | 9 | "The radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world," per Dean Spade |
| 24% | DCII | 4 | Twenty per cent of MMMX |
| 24% | BLANKSPACE | 10 | Taylor Swift hit said to satirize the media’s perception of her |
| 24% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |
| 23% | PEROT | 5 | 1992 Presidential candidate who received nearly nineteen per cent of the popular vote |
| 23% | WORKLOAD | 8 | The amount of tasks to be completed for one's job |
| 23% | IMITATION | 9 | It's said to be the sincerest form of flattery |
| 23% | DARKENERGY | 10 | Theoretical property said to accelerate the universe’s expansion |
| 23% | DENIER | 6 | Unit of weight used for measuring the fineness of silk equal to one gram per 9,000 metres |
| 23% | SPHINX | 6 | Said to guard the gates of Thebes |
| 23% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
| 23% | OTTER | 5 | It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal |
| 23% | SHIRLEY | 7 | Anne ___, heroine from "Anne of Green Gables" who said "I've discovered it's not what the world holds for you, it's what you bring to it." |
| 23% | FLYWHEEL | 8 | Accounts for the even speed of a machine |
| 23% | LATESTYLE | 9 | Term used by Edward Said to describe the final phase of an artist’s career |