| 100% | THURSDAY | 8 | Nostradamus said (in Century 1, Quatrain 50) there will be born a man from the 3 water signs who will celebrate this as his holiday |
| 27% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 26% | PROTOZOA | 8 | "Breaking up with a boyfriend is always hard. But as they say, there are more ___ in the lower intestine": The Far Side |
| 26% | POOR | 4 | According to The World Bank, in 2015, 734 million people were this, a change from 1990's figure of 1.9 billion |
| 26% | MAMA | 4 | Who "said there'll be days like this," in a 1961 hit |
| 26% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | Actor who had a song from "A Star Is Born" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 26% | CODE | 4 | A message from the Pentagon might be in this |
| 25% | AIDS | 4 | There are over 1.2 million people in the US who are living with this disease, 1 in 8 of them don't know they have it yet |
| 25% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 25% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 25% | DYLAN | 5 | About whom Obama said "There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music" |
| 25% | LYRIC | 5 | "In the town where I was born / Lived a man who sailed to sea" is the first one in "Yellow Submarine," by the Beatles |
| 25% | FRIDERIC | 8 | George ___ Handel, composer from the Baroque era who was born in the same year as 31a and has composed more than 40 operas |
| 25% | YEARS | 5 | There are 100 of these in a century |
| 25% | GIFT | 4 | (3/4) "It was a birthday ___ (present) from the Puzzlers royal family, who greatly valued his contributions to cinema..." |
| 25% | REA | 3 | Actor Stephen who is portrayed as a character in the 2024 historical drama series “Say Nothing” |
| 24% | THEMATRIX | 9 | There is no spoon says a bald boy in this movie |
| 24% | ROADS | 5 | There are four hidden in this puzzle, which together suggest a familiar five-word saying (3,5,4,2,4) |
| 24% | JAMESMARSDEN | 12 | "27 Dresses" actor who has acted as Marvel superhero in "X-Men" and was also a part of the DC movie "Superman Returns": 2 wds. |
| 24% | KYLEMACLACHLAN | 14 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" actor who is popularly known for his role as Dale Cooper in "Twin Peaks": 2 wds. |
| 24% | VANE | 4 | In Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada a Douglas DC-3 at the international airport is now used as one of these weather indicators |
| 24% | BRADLEY | 7 | Cooper who starred in The Hangover, A Star Is Born |
| 24% | DRYEYE | 6 | It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie |
| 24% | RUE | 3 | Girl who's a tribute from the same district as Thresh, in "The Hunger Games" |
| 24% | MATTDRUDGE | 10 | Personality who created a famous report and who Tucker Carlson recently said was "firmly a man of the progressive left" |
| 24% | UGLY | 4 | The ___ Duckling, character from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 24% | AREAMAN | 7 | Person who "Always Thought He'd Squander His Life Differently," in a headline from The Onion |
| 23% | OSAKA | 5 | Tennis star Naomi who was born in the city of 3-Down |
| 23% | PUSS | 4 | ___ in Boots, character from a fairy tale who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 23% | SANDIEGOSTATE | 13 | Team known as the Aztecs who were runners-up to 38-Across in the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship (3 wds.) |