| 100% | ISS | 3 | Merger of the Russian Mir 2 and NASA freedom platforms, now the largest artificial satellite in orbit |
| 32% | MIR | 3 | Largest artificial satellite in orbit, before 9-Down |
| 28% | KOC | 3 | Mid-Eastern enterprise founded in '34, now managed by Emad Sultan and one of the largest petroleum producers in the world (abbr.) |
| 28% | MEGHANMARKLE | 12 | Former actress and now Duchess of Sussex who tied the knot with Prince Harry in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MUSEEDORSAY | 11 | Museum in Paris on the bank of the Seine that houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world: 2 wds. |
| 27% | IVANTURGENEV | 12 | Russian writer of the novel "Fathers and Sons": 2 wds. |
| 27% | DANIELCORMIER | 13 | Holder of the UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight titles simultaneously in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MIAMI | 5 | Large city in Florida, home of the Dolphins and Heat sports teams |
| 27% | BLUEFIN | 7 | One of the fastest and largest tuna in the world |
| 27% | BROADS | 6 | The —, large area of protected wetland in Norfolk and Suffolk |
| 26% | SARGE | 5 | Name of the WWII Army Jeep in "Cars" and "Cars 2" |
| 26% | MURMANSK | 8 | Russian port and largest city in the Arctic Circle |
| 26% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Political victor who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 26% | IGASWIATEK | 10 | Polish tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ASHLEIGHBARTY | 13 | Australian tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2019 and 2021: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ALGREEN | 7 | The Reverend ___ (soul singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame): 2 wds. |
| 26% | BOLSONARO | 9 | Politician born in Glicerio, now the 38th and current president of Brazil |
| 26% | VICKILAWRENCE | 13 | Costar of 39-Across and singer of "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia": 2 wds. |
| 26% | MICROCHIPS | 10 | NASA's Apollo Program was the largest single consumer of these in the early 1960s |
| 26% | PETDOOR | 7 | Fido or Fluffy's way to go in and out of the house: 2 wds. |
| 26% | UNITE | 5 | — the Union, organisation formed in 2007 from a merger of Amicus and the TGWU |
| 25% | ACA | 3 | Award, now discontinued, that Brad Paisley won as Male Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2011 (abbr.) |
| 25% | PETERGRIFFIN | 12 | The main character and father of the family in the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Large arm of the Pacific Ocean between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula in Antarctica |
| 25% | VOLTA | 5 | Name of the Ghanaian lake formed by the largest artificial reservoir in the world |
| 25% | COMICBOOK | 9 | Setting for each of the places in 15-, 21-, and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | SHOHEIOHTANI | 12 | Los Angeles Angels pitcher who was the Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2021 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "Let's Get Loud" singer who was named Glamour Woman of the Year in 1999 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 25% | SCOTTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who stars in "The Fate of the Furious", and whose father is Clint Eastwood: 2 wds. |
| 25% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "The Remains of the Day" actress who played Elinor Dashwood in "Sense and Sensibility": 2 wds. |