| 100% | CONE | 4 | Ice cream ___, wafer to hold ice cream that was popularized in the early 1900s |
| 45% | NAGANO | 6 | Japanese city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1998 |
| 45% | OSLO | 4 | Norwegian capital city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1952 |
| 44% | SALT | 4 | ___ Lake City, US city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 2002 |
| 44% | CORTINA | 7 | ___ d'Ampezzo, Italian city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1956 |
| 44% | SKINNYTIE | 9 | Neckwear that was popularized in the 1950s |
| 44% | PLACID | 6 | Lake ___, village in New York, USA, that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1980 |
| 43% | POP | 3 | *"___! Goes the Weasel," traditional song that is used in Jack-in-the-boxes and ice cream trucks |
| 43% | EROS | 4 | Quarterly publication that was central to the prosecution of Ralph Ginzberg in the early '60s on obscenity charges |
| 42% | DULCE | 5 | ___ de leche, popular ice cream flavor that originated in Latin America and is similar to caramel |
| 42% | HOTH | 4 | Fictional ice planet in the "Star Wars" universe that is home to the Wampa and Tauntauns |
| 42% | PIXIE | 5 | Short, chic haircut, sported by Twiggy, that was popularized in the '50s |
| 41% | APPLE | 5 | The Big ___, nickname for New York City, New York that was popularized in the '20s |
| 41% | REVUE | 5 | Type of musical comedy show that was popular in the early 20th century |
| 41% | PINOTNOIR | 9 | Red wine that was popularized in the Academy Award-winning film "Sideways": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BOB | 3 | Short and sleek haircut, sported by Anna Wintour, that was popularized in the '20s |
| 40% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | 1904 exposition in 49-Across during which the ice cream cone is said to have been invented (2 wds.) |
| 40% | NAPSTER | 7 | File-sharing application predominantly used to share audio files that was popular in the 2000s |
| 40% | GHOUL | 5 | Demon-like resident of graveyards that was introduced to the West in the translation of "One Thousand and One Nights" in the early 1700s |
| 40% | CLUTCHES | 8 | Bags that are held in the hand, not having a strap |
| 40% | CONE | 4 | An edible wafer that holds ice cream |
| 39% | POLAR | 5 | The ___ Circle Marathon, annual running event that is held in Greenland |
| 39% | SONGS | 5 | "The ___ of Distant Earth," 1986 sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the early 3800s |
| 39% | BOOGALOO | 8 | Dance that James Brown helped to popularize in the sixties |
| 39% | ODESSA | 6 | City that was home to the first car in Russia |
| 39% | OHIO | 4 | State that's said to be "high in the middle" |
| 39% | ALTERNATIVE | 11 | ___ rock, style of music that was popularized in the 90s and has sub-genres like emo and post-grunge |
| 38% | BLUE | 4 | The Foot Levelers ___ Ridge Marathon, annual running event that is held in Virginia |
| 38% | INYO | 4 | National forest in America that is home to the Boundary Peak |
| 38% | CECA | 4 | Dead-ends in human intestines that are joined to the appendix |