| 100% | SUO | 3 | Name of the quarterly journal that publishes articles on bogs, wetlands and peat |
| 41% | HOMO | 4 | Name of the quarterly peer-reviewed journal that covers the subject of comparative human biology |
| 35% | SSW | 3 | One of the half winds on a compass rose that was named "Ostro-Libeccio" in the 14th and 15th centuries |
| 35% | HMSBEAGLE | 9 | Name of the ship that Darwin famously went on |
| 34% | AHS | 3 | Org. that publishes "The Journal of Head and Face Pain" every month (abbr.) |
| 33% | ALE | 3 | Name of the Squirrelfish on "FishCenter Live" that sadly passed away in 2018 |
| 33% | NATURE | 6 | Scientific journal that published the initial sequencing of the human genome |
| 32% | MAY | 3 | First name of the pen name that novelist and poet Eleanore Marie Sarton used |
| 32% | SUE | 3 | Name on the cover of ''Kinsey and Me'' |
| 31% | SERGEI | 6 | Name on the cover of ''Peter and the Wolf'' |
| 31% | ANSEL | 5 | Name on the cover of "Yosemite and the High Sierra" |
| 31% | SOO | 3 | Name of the locks that are crossed by the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the USA and Canada |
| 31% | MCFEELY | 7 | Last name of the delivery man on 18-Across/40-Across and "Daniel Tiger's 40-Across" |
| 31% | DEPTHS | 6 | ___ of Wikipedia (Twitter account that has tweeted about the articles "Madonna studies" and "List of taxa named after human genitals") |
| 31% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 30% | RIO | 3 | Brief name of the location where James Bond and Jaws fought on top of a cable car in "Moonraker" |
| 30% | COATES | 6 | Last name on the cover of Between the World and Me |
| 30% | LEAH | 4 | First name on the cover of Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology |
| 29% | HEDY | 4 | Name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ... and in the National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| 29% | GENE | 4 | Unit of heredity that's the first name for actors Hackman and Wilder |
| 29% | ALLAH | 5 | God whose name is seen on the flags of Iran and Saudi Arabia |
| 29% | ERG | 3 | Area of the desert that's wind-swept with no vegetation and exists on Venus, Mars and Titan |
| 29% | ALS | 3 | Name of the diner on "Happy Days" |
| 29% | AVA | 3 | Name of the principal on "Abbott Elementary" |
| 29% | ARNOLD | 6 | Name of the pig on "Green Acres" |
| 29% | STAN | 4 | Name of the dad on "American Dad!" |
| 29% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is on the shore of |
| 29% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band that has the first letter of each member on its name |
| 29% | FANFICTION | 10 | Written work that might be published on the Web site Archive of Our Own |
| 29% | ELSA | 4 | Baby name that had popularity bumps after the releases of "Frozen" and "Frozen II" |