| 100% | THIS | 4 | Joanna Wuest’s “Born ___ Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement” |
| 38% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | American novelist in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame who was born in 1922 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | FRITOPIE | 8 | Semi-homemade casserole popular in the American South and Midwest |
| 30% | RODRIGUEZ | 9 | Surname of the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
| 29% | ANIKANONIROSE | 13 | American actress who voiced Tiana in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog": 3 wds. |
| 29% | YOUNG | 5 | In the saying and song, only the good die this way |
| 29% | KINGSLEY | 8 | Actor Ben ___ who played Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 29% | SHELBY | 6 | Isaac —, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky |
| 28% | SEVENTEENEIGHTY | 15 | When the American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded |
| 28% | EAGLE | 5 | Symbol in the logos of American Airlines, Barclays and Armani |
| 28% | FARO | 4 | Port and resort in the Algarve, S Portugal |
| 28% | TYRABANKS | 9 | American supermodel who wore the bejeweled Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra in 1997 and 2004: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SENATORS | 8 | "...and last in the American League" team |
| 28% | THISTLEDOWN | 11 | Starship in bear's "the way" |
| 28% | PORRIDGE | 8 | The main dish in Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
| 28% | GIBB | 4 | Camilla —, author of novels Sweetness in the Belly and The Beauty of Humanity Movement |
| 28% | ICHIRO | 6 | Suzuki who was the American League batting champion in 2001 and 2004 |
| 28% | CASHFLOW | 8 | The movement of money in and out of a company |
| 28% | TTTTTTGROUPS | 12 | The Beatles and the Dave Clark Five, in a way |
| 28% | YVESSAINT | 9 | The Y and the S in YSL, French fashion designer |
| 27% | PAPA | 4 | Biggest bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
| 27% | PAPA | 4 | Big bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
| 27% | CREE | 4 | Native Americans in Canada and the northern US |
| 27% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 27% | STARS | 5 | What Broadway and the Milky Way have in common |
| 27% | SYNDROME | 8 | It's the S in AIDS, IBS and PMS |
| 27% | TORY | 4 | Term used in the American Revolution to describe those who remained loyal to the British Crown and government |
| 27% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 27% | UAW | 3 | American labor union representing workers in the U.S. and Canada: Abbr. |
| 27% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American swimmer who holds the most world records (7) and is one of the fastest in men's swimming: 2 wds. |