| 100% | VERB | 4 | Name of the early 2000s campaign by the CDC to increase and maintain physical activity among tweens |
| 29% | AXIS | 4 | The —, name given to the alliance of Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan formalised by the 1940 Tripartite Pact |
| 29% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 28% | ADDAMS | 6 | Last name of the TV family headed by Morticia and Gomez |
| 28% | AGRIPPINA | 9 | Name shared by the mothers of Caligula and Nero |
| 27% | EXERCISE | 8 | Physical activity to increase fitness and health |
| 27% | THALIA | 6 | Name shared by one of the Graces and one of the Muses |
| 26% | ERIE | 4 | Smallest of the Great Lakes, by name and volume |
| 26% | LETSGROOVE | 10 | Top 20 song by the band whose name includes the first words of the answers to 18-Across, 26-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 26% | HAN | 3 | First name of the character played by Harrison Ford and Alden Ehrenreich |
| 26% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 26% | CDS | 3 | Music purchases of the 1990s and early 2000s |
| 26% | CDS | 3 | Music purchases of the ’90s and early 2000s |
| 26% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | The name of a song by Lil Wayne and The Chordettes |
| 26% | ORANJESTAD | 10 | Name shared by the capital cities of Aruba and Saint Eustatius |
| 26% | ORGAN | 5 | Tommy, lead guitarist in The Jacksons' "Unity Tour" of 2012 and 2013, who would seem to be playing the wrong instrument, judging by his name |
| 26% | REBA | 4 | First name of the singer honored by a 2023 Country Music Corn Maze campaign |
| 25% | ALLOFUS | 7 | Sitcom of the 2000s co-created by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith |
| 25% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 25% | LARA | 4 | First name shared by the heroines of “Tomb Raider” and “Doctor Zhivago” |
| 25% | LEVANT | 6 | The —, name by which the area of the Mediterranean now occupied by Syria, Lebanon and Israel was formerly known |
| 25% | SOO | 3 | Name of the locks that are crossed by the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the USA and Canada |
| 25% | CULOTTE | 7 | Fashion-forward split skirt of the 2000s, rocked by Sarah Jessica Parker in "Sex and the City" |
| 25% | ROSES | 5 | "Days of Wine and ___," song from the 1962 film of the same name composed by Henry Mancini |
| 25% | DANCING | 7 | Activity exemplified in the '60s by the ends of 17-, 28-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 25% | BALTIC | 6 | — Sea, body of water connected to the North Sea by the Skaggerak, Kattegat and Oresund |
| 25% | ONCD | 4 | How a lot of music got sold in the 1990s and early 2000s |
| 25% | RAILSPLITTING | 13 | Activity performed by young Abe Lincoln, and a clue to the starred answers |
| 25% | ADAM | 4 | He "gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air" |