| 100% | SONGS | 5 | Imagine, Bad Guy and Born This Way are examples |
| 42% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer famous for Poker Face and Born This Way |
| 36% | STATLER | 7 | This Muppet and Waldorf are real grumpy guys |
| 36% | STEVENTYLER | 11 | "Walk This Way" singer who was born March 26, 1948 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SPAS | 4 | Vichy and Bad Ems are known for these |
| 35% | ANIMALS | 7 | Lions, bears, dogs, and birds are all this |
| 35% | LADY | 4 | With 35-Across, "Born This Way" singer who plays Ally in "A Star Is Born" |
| 35% | ORGAN | 5 | The heart and liver are both examples of this |
| 35% | ALABAMA | 7 | Forrest Gump was born and raised in this state |
| 34% | NEE | 3 | Born this way? |
| 34% | WORKAROUNDS | 11 | Ways to sidestep obstacles, and what are found in this puzzle's circles |
| 34% | ACRONYM | 7 | Sonar and laser are examples of this |
| 34% | WATERWAYS | 9 | Rivers and canals are examples of these |
| 34% | MONSTERS | 8 | Krakens and minotaurs are examples of these |
| 33% | PLANT | 5 | Flower and tree are examples of this lifeform |
| 33% | OUT | 3 | You can dine this way and when you do, someone will dish your food this way, too |
| 33% | SAINTPETER | 10 | Among at least 33 people bearing this name, there are "the wonderworker", "the Patrician" and "the Aleut" |
| 32% | NOS | 3 | 3, 19, 607 and 44,497 are all perfect examples of these, in brief |
| 32% | AGENCIES | 8 | HMRC and the CIA are examples of these |
| 32% | DESSERTS | 8 | Cheesecake and ice cream are examples of these |
| 31% | WAS | 3 | "I ___ born this way" (Lady Gaga lyric) |
| 31% | HOTELS | 6 | Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott are examples of these |
| 30% | ADAR | 4 | Moses is reputed to have been born and to have died on the seventh day of this month |
| 30% | LOKI | 4 | Bad guy in "The Avengers" and "Thor" |
| 30% | EVIL | 4 | This is bad. Real bad. And it's lurking in the longest puzzle answers, too! |
| 30% | RUN | 3 | "The bad guys are here!" |
| 30% | WEAVE | 5 | Go this way and that |
| 30% | SLALOM | 6 | Go this way and that |
| 30% | STEERS | 6 | Turns this way and that |
| 30% | TOTTER | 6 | Go this way and that |