| 100% | VARIETY | 7 | Magazine that originated the words "payola" and "striptease" |
| 63% | BAYER | 5 | Company that originated the word "aspirin" and still sells aspirin |
| 50% | ARTFORUM | 8 | Magazine that covers abstractionists and the like |
| 46% | ELLE | 4 | Magazine that debuted in France in 1945 and the U.S. in 1985 |
| 46% | ALL | 3 | Word that begins and ends the Three Musketeers’ motto |
| 45% | LONG | 4 | Word that can fill the blanks of "So ___!" and "Go ___!" |
| 45% | SCOPE | 5 | Word that follows the prefixes "tele" and "peri" |
| 44% | SLATE | 5 | Online magazine that produces the podcasts "Slow Burn" and "Political Gabfest" |
| 44% | RHYMES | 6 | Words that end with the same sounds, like "moan" and "groan" |
| 44% | RUGBY | 5 | Team contact sport that originated in England and features in the Six Nations Championship |
| 44% | STARLOG | 7 | Defunct magazine that featured Kirk and Spock on the cover of its first issue |
| 44% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 43% | BRAID | 5 | Word that can follow the first words of 4-, 7- and 10-Down |
| 43% | KNOTS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 43% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 43% | FRENCH | 6 | Word that can precede the starts of 20-, 28-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 43% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 43% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 43% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 43% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 27-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 43% | SOMETHING | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 43% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 43% | YOU | 3 | Word that completes the song titles "___ Baby" and "Baby It's ___" |
| 43% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Annual music festival that originated in Brooklyn and is now held in cities around the world |
| 43% | SRIRACHA | 8 | ___ sauce, spicy red condiment that originated in, and is named after the Thai city Si Racha |
| 43% | TORONTOBLUEJAYS | 15 | "I don't have the words / That rightly commend / Cerulean birds / And Harry's best friend …" |
| 42% | CHEST | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 42% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 31-, 38-, 50- and 64-Across |
| 42% | DOG | 3 | Word that can follow the first parts of 19-, 32-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 42% | LIST | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across |