| 100% | LAT | 3 | Newspaper founded by Nathan Cole Jr. and Thomas Gardiner, first published just before Christmas in 1881 (abbr.) |
| 25% | LINACRE | 7 | Thomas —, chief founder and first president of the Royal College of Physicians in London |
| 25% | ASLIGHTACHE | 11 | One-act play by Harold Pinter first staged and published in 1961 |
| 24% | CANYOU | 6 | & 10D First of the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope published in serial form in 1864 and 1865 |
| 24% | TSR | 3 | Game publishing co. founded by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye in 1973 |
| 23% | UVA | 3 | School founded by Thomas Jefferson: Abbr. |
| 23% | HOGARTH | 7 | — Press, publishing imprint founded by Leonard and Virginia Woolf in 1917 |
| 23% | UVA | 3 | Charlottesville school founded by Thomas Jefferson: Abbr. |
| 23% | AYALASANGEL | 11 | Anthony Trollope novel first published in 1881 |
| 23% | NATIONAL | 8 | ___ Christmas Tree, iconic tree on display in the Ellipse, Washington D.C. that is lit up by the President and First Lady |
| 22% | CNN | 3 | Cable channel founded by Ted Turner in 1980: Abbr. |
| 22% | PLO | 3 | Group founded by the Arab League in 1964: abbr. |
| 22% | OPEC | 4 | Group founded by five oil-rich countries in 1960: Abbr. |
| 22% | UBER | 4 | Ridesharing company founded by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick in 2009 |
| 21% | BROADCAST | 9 | First TV __ by Rignoux and Fournier was in 1909 |
| 21% | UVA | 3 | School founded by Thomas Jefferson (and 15-Across's alma mater) (Abbr.) |
| 21% | OPEC | 4 | Oil cartel founded by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela: Abbr. |
| 21% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with just a first and last name |
| 21% | DEATH | 5 | First word in titles by Arthur Miller and Agatha Christie |
| 21% | ASYOULIKEIT | 11 | William Shakespeare play first published in 1623 featuring the characters Celia and Rosalind |
| 21% | AMA | 3 | Org. founded in 1847 by Dr. Nathan Smith Davis |
| 21% | THELANCET | 9 | British medical journal founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley |
| 21% | WSJ | 3 | The largest newspaper in the US by circulation: Abbr. |
| 21% | SUCH | 4 | Word found before and after "and," in a phrase |
| 20% | HEALTH | 6 | "Food, ___, and Happiness," book by Oprah Winfrey published in 2017 |
| 20% | NIA | 3 | Conditioning program founded in '83 by Debbie Rosas and Carlos AyaRosas that combines martial arts, yoga and dance (abbr.) |
| 20% | CASWELLMASSEY | 13 | First fragrance and personal care product company in America, founded in 1752: Hyph. |
| 20% | CRIME | 5 | "___ and Punishment," novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky published in twelve installments in 1866 |