| 100% | LAW | 3 | Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela have degrees in it |
| 35% | SINEWAVE | 8 | It has its highs and lows in math |
| 35% | SOAP | 4 | It has suds and is sold in bars |
| 34% | MARS | 4 | Phobos and Deimos have it in common |
| 34% | ARMOR | 5 | Knights and tanks have it in common |
| 34% | NHL | 3 | It has teams in Vegas and Vancouver |
| 34% | NCIS | 4 | It has spinoffs set in New Orleans and Los Angeles |
| 34% | NHL | 3 | It has teams in Winnipeg and Las Vegas |
| 33% | LAW | 3 | What both Barack and Michelle Obama have degrees in |
| 33% | WWII | 4 | It had theaters in Europe and the Pacific, for short |
| 32% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | "To Sir, With Love" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Mandela and de Klerk": 2 wds. |
| 32% | COLDFRONT | 9 | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| 31% | KINGSLEY | 8 | Actor Ben ___ who played Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 30% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that has had its home base in New Jersey, Long Island, and Brooklyn |
| 30% | EMPTY | 5 | Having nothing in it |
| 30% | APARTHEID | 9 | Nelson Mandela triumphed over it |
| 30% | TIDY | 4 | Having everything in its place |
| 30% | NEAT | 4 | Having everything in its place |
| 29% | ELI | 3 | ___ Manning, football quarterback who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl four times |
| 29% | MARSHAL | 7 | ___ Yanda, football guard who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl eight times |
| 29% | NEAT | 4 | Having everything in its proper place |
| 29% | GATES | 5 | Antonio ___, football tight-end who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl eight times |
| 29% | ACCESS | 6 | Ins have it |
| 28% | ERS | 3 | NY theater ensemble founded in 1991 that sounds as though it's really had its ups and downs (abbr.) |
| 28% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | It has holes in its head |
| 28% | MEANTO | 6 | Have it in mind |
| 28% | MEANTTO | 7 | Had it in mind |
| 28% | LEU | 3 | Coin found in Tirasol that has the horn of an aurochs and a female figure of the moon on it |
| 28% | ANGLE | 5 | It's measured in degrees |
| 28% | ARC | 3 | It's measured in degrees |