| 100% | STIRRUP | 7 | Item which some scholars argue was directly responsible for the shift from infantry to cavalry in medieval armies |
| 26% | WARS | 4 | "Star ___," classic arcade game released by Atari in 1983 in which the goal is to survive for a set time from the shots fired by enemies |
| 24% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird believed in Roman and medieval times, to be able to look directly into the sun |
| 24% | TARPEIANROCK | 12 | Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome from which traitors were thrown to their deaths |
| 24% | SPYFALL | 7 | Game in which one player tries to glean information from the other players without being caught |
| 24% | CAPSULE | 7 | *Time ___, container in which you store precious things from the present to be found in the future |
| 24% | PERISCOPE | 9 | Tubular optical device allowing a viewer to see objects which are not directly in the line of sight |
| 24% | SHALLOW | 7 | Song from "A Star Is Born" which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 2018 |
| 24% | PROTEM | 6 | For the time being, in some titles |
| 23% | SAUDIGAZELLE | 12 | Antelope species from the Arabian peninsula which went extinct due to excessive hunting and was officially declared extinct in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 23% | CARBONOFFSETS | 13 | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| 23% | RIPLEY | 6 | Cartoonist Robert ___ who founded the franchise which deals in bizarre events and items one may or may not be able to believe |
| 23% | ABOIL | 5 | Ready for the pasta to be put in, perhaps |
| 23% | IRIS | 4 | Hit song by the Goo Goo Dolls from their album "Dizzy Up the Girl" which was nominated for multiple Grammy awards in 1998 |
| 23% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Did you know? The Mayans were the first to make hot ___ (winter beverage), in which the heat came from chili peppers not temperature |
| 23% | TIMDUNCAN | 9 | Spurs power forward for 19 years, who was a top U.S. swimmer in the 400m freestyle before shifting to basketball: 2 wds. |
| 22% | BATTLEZONE | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Atari in 1980 in which the goal is to save a tank from attacks by other tanks and missiles |
| 22% | BANGLADESH | 10 | 1971 charity single by George Harrison that was written to raise awareness for millions of refugees from the country in the title: 2 wds. |
| 22% | STARS | 5 | Kendrick Lamar and SZA's superhit song "All the ___" which was released in 2018 as the lead single to the soundtrack album for "Black Panther" |
| 22% | MATCHA | 6 | ___ tea, type of green tea made from a finely ground powder that's believed to be good for liver health (also found in some latte) |
| 22% | MATCHA | 6 | ___ tea, type of green tea made from a finely ground powder that's believed to be good for liver health (also found in some lattes) |
| 22% | CZECH | 5 | Language in which "k" and "v" are the words for "to" and "in" |
| 22% | TIBET | 5 | Land from which the Dalai Lama is in exile |
| 22% | SOILTEST | 8 | Way to tell which nutrients are in the garden |
| 22% | MICAH | 5 | Book in which the Israelites are rebuked for idolatry |
| 22% | FLIESSOUTH | 10 | Migrates for the winter, and a hint to the shift in the starred answers |
| 22% | WHO | 3 | UN agency responsible for international public health which is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland: Abbr. |
| 21% | BOOK | 4 | Item you might check out from the library and be "glued" to |
| 21% | QIN | 3 | Chinese dynasty in which the terra-cotta army was built |
| 21% | ANVIL | 5 | Heavy item falling from the sky in some classic cartoons |