| 100% | TOE{LO}OP | 9 | Jump in which a figure skater uses the pick to launch |
| 41% | SKEET | 5 | Sport in which a shotgun is used to shoot at clay targets thrown into the air |
| 39% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 39% | ARRESTED | 8 | "___ Development," TV series in which the Bluths misinterpret a doctor's use of "all right," leading to a comical confusion over homonyms |
| 38% | ICE | 3 | ___ hockey, Winter Olympic sport in which two teams use sticks to shoot a rubber puck and was first played in the 19th century |
| 38% | RIHANNA | 7 | Singer of "Take a Bow," which jumped 52 spots to #1 on the charts in one week in 2008 |
| 37% | ESTE | 4 | Direction in which the sun rises, to a Spanish |
| 36% | SLANG | 5 | Specialty of "Urban Dictionary" which was used in 2011 by a district court in an ATF complaint to document the meanings of "murk" |
| 36% | PLECTRUM | 8 | Another word for the pick used to pluck a guitar |
| 36% | SACKRACES | 9 | Contests in which people are rewarded for jumping to a conclusion? |
| 36% | PANGRAM | 7 | A sentence which uses every letter in the alphabet |
| 36% | MIDORIITO | 9 | First female figure skater to land a triple axel in competition [1998] |
| 36% | OPERATION | 9 | Board game in which players use tweezers to remove a funny bone |
| 35% | FLAREGUN | 8 | Use this to shoot a distress signal in the air |
| 35% | STAMP | 5 | Use one to send a letter anywhere in the world |
| 35% | HOE | 3 | A tool used to make furrows in the ground while gardening |
| 35% | RADIATOR | 8 | Item used to cool the engine in a car |
| 34% | TAR | 3 | It's used to fill a crack in the road |
| 34% | KINGDOMHEARTS | 13 | Video game series in which a hooded Mickey Mouse asks, "Say, fellas, did somebody mention the Door to Darkness?" |
| 34% | CHICKENTORIDE | 13 | Song in which The Beatles say goodbye to a girl on a big bird? (1965) |
| 34% | RAINMAN | 7 | 1988 film in which Dustin Hoffman plays the autistic heir to a fortune: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SCOOB | 5 | 2020 animated film in which the Mystery Inc. gang attempts to stop a global “dogpocalypse” |
| 34% | RABIN | 5 | Figure to the left of Clinton in a famous 1993 photo-op handshake |
| 34% | OMEGA | 5 | Greek letter used to denote the last entry in a series |
| 34% | USA | 3 | This nation's athlete is the first figure skater to land eight quads in a competition |
| 34% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade in which the Slinky debuted ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | ITO | 3 | Skater Midori who was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition |
| 34% | ITO | 3 | First female skater to land a triple/triple jump combination in competition |
| 34% | CLAY | 4 | Material used to make the object "illustrated" here, in a seasonal song |
| 33% | ASABOVE | 7 | With 41-Across, philosophical principle in which Earth mirrors heaven … or a hint to the shaded squares |