| 100% | SCOTS | 5 | Language whose Wikipedia page was found to contain a large number of entries written by a teenager who was not a speaker of the language |
| 28% | RYANSTILES | 10 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" cast member who is not a fan of the Hoedown game (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LAIC | 4 | Person who is not a member of the clergy |
| 27% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | "Adventures of ___ Finn," satirical novel written by Mark Twain which is a direct sequel to the "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" |
| 27% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 27% | WANDER | 6 | "...Not all those who ___ are lost...," quote from "The Lord of the Rings" that is part of a poem written by Bilbo Baggins |
| 27% | HAKEEMOLAJUWAN | 14 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #34 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | CLYDEDREXLER | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #22 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | NEEM | 4 | Large Old World tree of the mahogany family whose bark is used to make a tonic |
| 26% | INFANTA | 7 | Formerly, a daughter of a king of Spain or Portugal who was not heir to the throne |
| 26% | FREY | 4 | Glenn who was a founding member of the Eagles |
| 25% | ARAL | 4 | Sea whose Wikipedia page is written in the past tense |
| 25% | CHRISTOPHERWREN | 15 | Architect who was a founding member of the Royal Society |
| 25% | OTIS | 4 | Baritone Williams who was a founding member of the Temptations |
| 25% | GEO | 3 | Tourism prefix which refers to the kind preferred by travelers who are keen on geographical characteristics of a place |
| 25% | KERRY | 5 | Musician Livgren who was a founding member of the rock band Kansas |
| 25% | OSE | 3 | Monosaccharides are named according to a Greek prefix to indicate the number of carbon atoms followed by this suffix, meaning "sugar" |
| 25% | LAIC | 4 | A common man who is not part of the clergy |
| 25% | BELALUGOSI | 10 | Horror-movie actor who was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild |
| 25% | VISIT | 5 | "The ___," 2015 found footage film that follows two teenagers who are invited to spend a week with their grandparents |
| 25% | CODA | 4 | Oscar winner about a teenager who is the only hearing member of her family |
| 24% | WOMAN | 5 | Wonder ___, queer superhero from DC Comics who is a founding member of the Justice League |
| 24% | KNESSET | 7 | Legislature whose current speaker is a member of the Likud party |
| 24% | STAMBERG | 8 | Susan who was one of the "Founding Mothers of NPR," per a 2021 book by Lisa Napoli |
| 24% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost" |
| 24% | ROSSETTI | 8 | Artist who was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelites |
| 24% | YAUCH | 5 | Adam ___, rapper popularly known as "MCA" who was a founding member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys |
| 24% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | Actor who made a cameo in "Glengarry Glen Ross" by playing the role of Blake, the guy who is sent to motivate the sales team: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SCOTS | 5 | Language whose Wikipedia was largely built by one contributor who isn't fluent in this language |