| 100% | INTERNETNOVEL | 13 | Literary genre exemplified by Patricia Lockwood’s “No One is Talking About This,” which includes a Twitter-using President known only as “the dictator” (February, 2021) |
| 29% | LOCKWOOD | 8 | Patricia, author of No One Is Talking About This |
| 28% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 25% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 25% | OOMPAUL | 7 | Name by which former president of the Transvaal S J P Kruger was known |
| 23% | TULIPS | 6 | 1961 poem written by Sylvia Plath about the flowers she received in a hospital which was included in the collection "Ariel" |
| 23% | ASPEN | 5 | The world's largest organism by mass, known as Pando, is this type of tree |
| 22% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 22% | HAMADRYAD | 9 | Literary name by which a king cobra is also known |
| 22% | MINI | 4 | This one was made with "I" as the only vowel |
| 22% | ORC | 3 | The Uruk-Hai bred by the Wizard Saruman of Tolkein's Isengard, is a particularly large one of these |
| 22% | RASSELAS | 8 | Name by which Samuel Johnson's 1759 novel The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale is also known |
| 22% | AMI | 3 | "___ the only one who thinks this is a bad idea?" |
| 22% | STATE | 5 | Washington is the only one named for a president |
| 22% | FALL | 4 | "The ___ of Gondolin," one of the original Lost Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien which is about a secret city of elves in the First Age of Middle-earth |
| 22% | ERGS | 4 | No one really knows what these energy units are, but they show up in crosswords a lot |
| 21% | LBJ | 3 | Name by which the US president from 1963-69 was known |
| 21% | SONG | 4 | "Morning ___," poem by Sylvia Plath written in 1961 about an artist's freedom of expression which was included in the collection, "Ariel" |
| 21% | ONE | 3 | A hit song by U2, which is considered one of the greatest songs of all time |
| 21% | TICKLEMEELMO | 12 | By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy |
| 21% | JETSONS | 7 | "The ___," animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera which is about a family in the future |
| 21% | YESTERDAY | 9 | Beatles song about a breakup, on which Paul McCartney is the only credited Beatle |
| 21% | MBA | 3 | Pres. George W. Bush was the only president to hold one of these degs. |
| 21% | ETC | 3 | E-ZPass as used on the MA Turnpike and VA's Midtown Tunnel/US Route 58 is one of these fee transfer systems |
| 21% | WHITE | 5 | "The ___ Seal," 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling which is about a rare seal's journey |
| 21% | NEA | 3 | Mary Anne Carter was appointed last year by the President as chairperson of this agency |
| 21% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |
| 21% | VANE | 4 | In Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada a Douglas DC-3 at the international airport is now used as one of these weather indicators |
| 20% | MORIA | 5 | Underground kingdom known as Khazad-dum that used to be a famed realm of the Dwarves |
| 20% | STATE | 5 | Only one bears the name of a U.S. president |