| 100% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | International exposition that has been hosted by the United States in 18-Across, 28-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | FIFAWORLDCUP | 12 | International soccer tournament that will be hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 2026 (3 wds.) |
| 40% | THEEAGLES | 9 | Rock band founded by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner that had hits in the 1970s with 15-Across, 28-Across, and 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 18-Across and 32-Across that was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | READERSDIGEST | 13 | General-interest family magazine that has been in publication since 1920, and was the best-selling magazine till 2009: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SAINTPATRICK | 12 | Missionary known as the "Apostle of Ireland" who has been honored in the United States on March 17 since 1601 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | "Silent Spring" writer and namesake of the international environmental award won by 32-Across in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SAINTLOUIS | 10 | Midwest city on the Mississippi River that hosted the 16-Across and the 32-Across in 1904 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEMOUSETRAP | 12 | Stage play by 44-Across that has been performed more than 28,000 times since it opened in London's West End in 1952 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FATHERSDAY | 10 | Occasion to honor the Seniors in 18-Across and 32-Across (and others) (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SNL | 3 | NBC's sketch comedy show that was hosted by the athletes mentioned in 20a, 31a, 1d, 29d, and 42d: Abbr. |
| 36% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Mafia don played by both 14-Across and 28-Across in the "Godfather" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MOON | 4 | It has phases that are represented by the starts of 18-, 29-, 47- and 61-Across ... and by 1-Down |
| 35% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 35% | CRADLEOFLOVE | 12 | 42-Across hit song that was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1991 (3 wds.) |
| 35% | BLANKSPACE | 10 | Second single from Taylor Swift's fifth album, that received three Grammy nominations, and had a part in the lyrics misheard by many: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LASTNAME | 8 | Smith is the most common one in the United States: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MORGANCHASE | 11 | JP ___, largest bank in the United States whose oldest predecessor institution was founded in 1799: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EMBRACEABLEYOU | 14 | Song by 16-Across that was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the musical "Girl Crazy": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | Sprinter who has won six Olympic gold medals in the 4x100 and 4x400 relay with the United States national team (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MEGANTHEE | 9 | With 46-Across, "Savage" rapper who both hosted and was the musical act in a 2022 "SNL" episode: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LOSANGELES | 10 | California city that hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics, and will host again in 2028 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TIMRAINES | 9 | Outfielder whose #30 was retired by the Expos in 2004 and then unretired by the Nationals: 2 wds. |
| 34% | METOO | 5 | The viral movement against sexual harassment and assault that has found support across the world: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HARRIETQUIMBY | 13 | First woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States and the first woman to fly across the English Channel (2 wds.) |
| 34% | RHODEISLAND | 11 | State that hosts the oldest Fourth of July celebration in America: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TIMEMAGAZINE | 12 | Publication that named 18-Across 1963's Woman of the Year in its 100 Women of the Year project and 32-Across 2019's Person of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MIGHTYDUCKS | 11 | NHL team whose first game was played October 8, 1993 (and the team featured in the Disney films that had cameos by the answers to the starred clues) (2 wds.) |