| 100% | OLDLUPINESTATE | 14 | Nickname for a division of America populated by wolves? |
| 41% | CLEO | 4 | Nickname for a queen of Egypt |
| 40% | KIWI | 4 | Nickname for a resident of New Zealand |
| 40% | JOEY | 4 | Nickname for a namesake of Mary's husband |
| 40% | REDCOAT | 7 | Nickname for a British soldier of the 1700s |
| 40% | LAWNMAN | 7 | Nickname for a certain type of obsessive suburbanite? |
| 40% | HOTTIE | 6 | Nickname for a fan of Megan Thee Stallion |
| 39% | DOC | 3 | Nickname for a physician (and homonym of 40-Across) |
| 39% | ANI | 3 | Nickname for a young Darth Vader (anagram of "nia") |
| 39% | THEBIGAPPLE | 11 | Nickname for New York City that was first popularized by John Fitz Gerald and was a part of an ad campaign: 3 wds. |
| 38% | SOONER | 6 | Nickname for a cheater in the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 |
| 38% | MURDER | 6 | Infamous nickname for a flock of crows |
| 38% | STENCH | 6 | Smelly nickname for a group of skunks |
| 38% | BELIEBER | 8 | Nickname for a fan of the singer of "Love Yourself" and "Sorry" |
| 37% | RANDD | 5 | Experimental division of a company, for short |
| 37% | THEQUEUE | 8 | Nickname for a 10-mile line of people that made headlines in Sept. 2022 |
| 36% | THEGOAT | 7 | Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport |
| 36% | ABE | 3 | Nickname for a former U.S. president or last name of a former Japanese prime minister |
| 36% | OLDGLORY | 8 | Nickname for the flag of the United States of America |
| 36% | MAV | 3 | Nickname for any member of a Dallas professional basketball team |
| 35% | NACHO | 5 | Nickname for Ignacio Anaya García, inventor of a cheese-covered tortilla-chip snack |
| 35% | RSAILSPLITTER | 13 | Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter? |
| 34% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the president known for wearing a stovepipe hat |
| 34% | RHYME | 5 | Type of word searched for by a lyricist |
| 34% | BRO | 3 | Nickname of the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, for short |
| 34% | MACE | 4 | A spray commonly carried by women for matters of self-defense |
| 34% | WAYSIDESCHOOL | 13 | Setting for a series of novels by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BEENE | 5 | A Council of Fashion Designers of America award is named for him |
| 33% | THAMES | 6 | English setting for a series of Impressionist paintings by Monet |
| 33% | UNIT | 4 | A division of quantity |