| 100% | SNAILS | 6 | Jeremy, who passed away in 2017, unfortunately turned the wrong way, unlike the millions of these relatives that turned the right way |
| 30% | LEE | 3 | Stan ___, one of the primary creators in Marvel Comics who passed away in 2018 |
| 30% | BACKWARDLOOKING | 15 | Give heed! And listen to my tale of the mad tyrant who decreed that all toilets in his realm be installed the wrong way, for he was the … |
| 29% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 29% | ALE | 3 | Name of the Squirrelfish on "FishCenter Live" that sadly passed away in 2018 |
| 28% | DON | 3 | Insult comic Rickles who passed away in 2017 |
| 27% | PEI | 3 | I.M. ___, Pritzker Prize-winning architect behind the Louvre in Paris who passed away at the age of 102 in 2019 |
| 27% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Clothing that is turned the wrong way around |
| 27% | FATSDOMINO | 10 | Legendary singer of 31-Across, "Ain't That a Shame," and "Walking to 17-Across," who passed away October 24, 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | DORIS | 5 | ___ Day, Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree and actress from "The Man Who Knew Too Much" who passed away in 2019 |
| 26% | TINDERDATE | 10 | Meetup for those who swiped the right way |
| 26% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Walker, "Fast and the Furious" star who passed away in a car crash |
| 26% | OVERCHARGE | 10 | Virginia's Dominion Energy Inc. did this to its customers in 2017 and 2018 to the tune of more than $300 million |
| 26% | JOHNSINGLETON | 13 | Director of 18-Across and 40-Across who passed away in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | Country Music Hall of Fame singer-songwriter who passed away in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | JIMMYBUFFETT | 12 | Lead singer for the Coral Reefer Band who passed away in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | PELE | 4 | Brazilian soccer great who passed away at the end of 2022 |
| 25% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 25% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | 14-Across and 29-Across rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame who turns 50 years old this week (2 wds.) |
| 25% | KOFI | 4 | ___ Annan, former UN Secretary-General of Ghanaian origin who passed away this year |
| 25% | RICOCASEK | 9 | Lead singer of The Cars who passed away September 15, 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | FLOCK | 5 | Gathering of 1-Down, like that found in the center of this puzzle |
| 24% | IRONS | 5 | Actor Jeremy who was the voice of Scar in "The Lion King" |
| 24% | NAWAB | 5 | The last of these in Bahawalpur was Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi, who reigned until 1956 |
| 24% | NOSE | 4 | Organ right in the center of your face that you'd get checked by 34a |
| 24% | ENGEL | 5 | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" actress Georgia who passed away in 2019 |
| 24% | AMY | 3 | Actress Carlson who left the cast of "Blue Bloods" in 2017 |
| 24% | SLEEP | 5 | Activity that seems to pass in the blink of an eye |
| 24% | DORIS | 5 | Name of a weather bomb that hit the UK in 2017 |
| 24% | EGOS | 4 | These can get in the way of good relationships |