| 100% | DUCE | 4 | Mussolini was often associated with this title, meaning "The Leader" |
| 41% | ARMS | 4 | The goddess Kali is often depicted with four of these limbs |
| 41% | ZEALAND | 7 | Maori people are often associated with New __ |
| 40% | JLO | 3 | Superstar with the confusingly titled album This Is Me ... Then, for short |
| 39% | PIPE | 4 | Smoker's item that is often associated with Sherlock Holmes |
| 38% | ERAS | 4 | They're often associated with world leaders |
| 38% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed guitar variant that is often associated with bluegrass and folk music |
| 37% | BATTINGAVERAGE | 14 | Josh Gibson is now recognized as the Major League career leader in this statistic, with .372: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALES | 4 | These are often drawn with big heads |
| 36% | LIAR | 4 | In the Pointer Sisters' "Fire" (1979), this, which rhymed with the song title, was what the song claimed the singer was |
| 36% | TULLE | 5 | Wedding veils are often made with this fabric |
| 36% | YELLOW | 6 | Bright sunny color that is associated with the characters mentioned in this puzzle |
| 35% | RBG | 3 | Initials associated with the quote "When there are nine" |
| 35% | ARE | 3 | You will often appear to the left of this |
| 35% | BAT | 3 | Superhero is associated with this flying animal |
| 35% | WARLORD | 7 | Military leader, often associated with Africa |
| 35% | GOATEE | 6 | The devil is often depicted with one |
| 35% | DETECTIVESTORY | 14 | Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 35% | AUK | 3 | Great ___, extinct bird that is often wrongly associated with penguins |
| 35% | THEHILLS | 8 | These are alive with the sound of music |
| 34% | QUALIFIED | 9 | Someone with the right training is this |
| 34% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 34% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 34% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | SOULMATE | 8 | The "one", the person you're meant to be with |
| 34% | HOLI | 4 | Celebration with which the beverage bhang is associated |
| 34% | TITOGRAD | 8 | Podgorica was named this after the Yugoslav leader |
| 33% | TSAR | 4 | Leader with a title derived from the name "Caesar" |
| 33% | MIRROR | 6 | Michael Jackson is "starting with the man in" this |
| 33% | HIP | 3 | Down with what the kids are into these days |