| 100% | TAY | 3 | Journalist Sharon ___ of MSNBC and LA's KCAL9, recently laid off in KCBS' cost-cutting measures |
| 27% | ROLLINGSTONE | 12 | First publisher of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" |
| 26% | OXCHEEKS | 8 | Cut of meat off a bovine's face used in casseroles |
| 23% | TATE | 4 | Sharon —, actress and wife of Roman Polanski murdered in 1969 |
| 23% | THEGUARDIANS | 12 | Persecuted and endangered journalists who were Time Magazine's Persons of the Year in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 23% | ANDL | 4 | Follower of P in accounting and S in finance |
| 23% | ALI | 3 | Journalist Velshi of MSNBC's "Velshi & Ruhle" |
| 22% | TRIMS | 5 | Cuts off a bit of hair ... as seen in the circled letters? |
| 22% | TORO | 4 | Pale, fatty cut of tuna used in sashimi and sushi |
| 22% | RANTZEN | 7 | Esther —, journalist and television presenter; founder in 1986 of charity Childline |
| 22% | ALI | 3 | First name of MSNBC's Velshi and Vitali |
| 21% | SHARPTON | 8 | Host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" beginning in 2011 |
| 21% | BECHDELTEST | 11 | Measure of women’s representation in film |
| 21% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 21% | QSCORE | 6 | Measure of a celeb's familiarity and allure |
| 21% | CNN | 3 | Rival of MSNBC and Fox News |
| 21% | PATTON | 6 | Oswalt seen in A.P. Bio and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 21% | ALI | 3 | Journalist Velshi of MSNBC |
| 20% | RIGHTMIND | 9 | In one's __, sane and capable of making decisions |
| 20% | TIME | 4 | It's measured in minutes and seconds |
| 20% | AREA | 4 | It's measured in acres and hectares |
| 20% | CUFFING | 7 | “Season” in which single people couple up to stave off the loneliness and cold of winter |
| 20% | DREAMY | 6 | Off in la-la land |
| 20% | SPACY | 5 | Off in la-la land |
| 20% | GLESS | 5 | Sharon of “Cagney and Lacey” |
| 20% | RODOLFO | 7 | __ and Mimi, lead lovers in Puccini's La Bohème |
| 20% | RIND | 4 | Part that's cut off and thrown away |
| 20% | POEM | 4 | It's measured in both feet and meters |
| 20% | VCR | 3 | The first commercial one of these was introduced by Ampex in 1956 and cost roughly $50,000 |
| 20% | KAWHI | 5 | ___ Leonard, LA Clippers player who was the recipient of the NBA Finals MVP in 2014 and 2019 |