| 100% | VMA | 3 | MTV honor for which Beyoncé has eight nominations this year |
| 38% | HOMERS | 6 | ← Season record for which 3-Down had this number |
| 38% | DOUBLES | 7 | ← Season record for which Earl Webb had this number |
| 38% | STEALS | 6 | ← Season record for which Rickey Henderson had this number |
| 37% | EMMY | 4 | Primetime award for which Betty White has received 21 nominations |
| 37% | SHUTOUTS | 8 | ← Season record for which Grover Cleveland Alexander had this number |
| 36% | MCDONALDS | 9 | Company for which about one in eight U.S. workers has worked |
| 34% | WINESTORE | 9 | Establishment to which customers have come for years? |
| 32% | HLMFFWVDMRV | 11 | Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain |
| 31% | YODA | 4 | “For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi” speaker |
| 31% | THEATER | 7 | "The only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years," per John Steinbeck |
| 31% | LIZZO | 5 | Singer/songwriter/flutist who had eight Grammy nominations in 2020 and who was named Time Magazine's 2019 Entertainer of the Year |
| 31% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 drama film in which Brie Larson played a woman who has been held captive for seven years |
| 30% | UTAH | 4 | Team for which Darrell Griffith was Rookie of the Year |
| 30% | BIRYANI | 7 | Dish that has been the most ordered meal for eight straight years on India's largest food-delivery app |
| 29% | OCTET | 5 | Eight is enough for this |
| 29% | OLD | 3 | Having lived for many years |
| 29% | DESK | 4 | Drama ___ Award, honor for which Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus were nominated |
| 29% | LEAP | 4 | Year which has an extra day |
| 28% | EMMY | 4 | TV award for which 50-Across received seven nominations |
| 28% | OREO | 4 | Product for which Christina Aguilera has done recent ads |
| 28% | MOM | 3 | Sitcom for which Allison Janney has won two Emmys |
| 28% | OREO | 4 | Cookie for which Christina Aguilera has done a commercial |
| 28% | MRI | 3 | Scan for which metal jewelry has to be removed |
| 28% | FLOOREXERCISE | 13 | Event for which Simone Biles has two Olympic medals |
| 28% | NIH | 3 | Org. for which Anthony Fauci worked for 54 years |
| 28% | THUMBS | 6 | Hands usually have eight fingers, and two of these |
| 28% | RADIATION | 9 | Marie Curie was honored for her study of this |
| 28% | NORTHERN | 8 | This star has guided ships for centuries |
| 28% | ADAGE | 5 | Nowadays have years for proverb |