| 100% | CFS | 3 | Measurement unit for the over 11,000,000 that goes into the Atlantic from the Amazon in the rainy season (abbr) |
| 27% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 27% | USSR | 4 | Nation that split into Russia and 14 other nations in the 1990s: Abbr. |
| 26% | ACAI | 4 | Berry from the Amazon that's used in some smoothies |
| 26% | USSR | 4 | Superpower that splintered into multiple nations in the 1990s: Abbr. |
| 26% | ACS | 3 | Units that run primarily in the summer, for short |
| 25% | USA | 3 | Country that has emitted over 400,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years: Abbr. |
| 25% | CARAT | 5 | Unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy |
| 25% | USA | 3 | Country that broke away from England in the 18th century: Abbr. |
| 25% | WADI | 4 | Gully that's dry except for the rainy season |
| 25% | UCLA | 4 | School that's leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024: Abbr. |
| 25% | MVP | 3 | Award for the best athlete in a game or season: Abbr. |
| 24% | UFO | 3 | Item in the sky that could figure into a conspiracy theory: Abbr. |
| 24% | TOP | 3 | Abbreviation for the Grammy-winning duo from Columbus that released "Trench" in 2018 |
| 24% | MYRIAD | 6 | Word for “large number” that comes from the word for “ten thousand” in Greek |
| 24% | PASIV | 5 | ___ Device, gadget from "Inception" that is used to enable dreams for the subject: Abbr. |
| 24% | ASA | 3 | Well-known abbr. for the chemical that Charles Frederic Gerhardt first created in 1853 |
| 24% | ARM | 3 | Limb that goes into the sleeve |
| 24% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," song from 14a that won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1984 |
| 23% | BANGLADESH | 10 | 1971 charity single by George Harrison that was written to raise awareness for millions of refugees from the country in the title: 2 wds. |
| 23% | VAS | 3 | Units used for expressing electrical power in the metric system (abbr.) |
| 23% | LAC | 3 | Abbr. for the loosely defined border separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute |
| 23% | WADI | 4 | Dry valley, except in the rainy season |
| 23% | ORAL | 4 | Like thermometers that go into the mouth |
| 23% | OPT | 3 | Word that can come before in or out and comes from the Latin for "to select" |
| 23% | BEST | 4 | "___ That You Can Do," song from the movie "Arthur" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1981 |
| 23% | PARNAIBA | 8 | Brazilian river that flows into the Atlantic Ocean |
| 23% | PAJAMAPARTY | 11 | Kids' event that goes into the wee hours |
| 23% | PISTONS | 7 | NBA team that set the record for most consecutive losses in a single season (28) last month |
| 23% | OKGO | 4 | Band that danced on treadmills in the 2006 music video for "Here It Goes Again": 2 wds. |