| 100% | BROADWARRIOR | 12 | One of Mad Max's enemies who he found really, really tough to skirt around? |
| 37% | AMILLIONJUNES | 13 | Emily Henry novel about a young woman who finds a connection with the son of her family's enemy when he returns home one summer (3 wds.) |
| 32% | SOT | 3 | One who finds it tough to pass the bar |
| 29% | THESE | 5 | One of ___ days, he'll get what's coming to him... |
| 28% | FRO | 3 | Kind of 'do it's really tough to wear a beanie with |
| 28% | COMMERCIALFREAK | 15 | One who's a really big fan of promos and trailers? |
| 27% | ZOE | 3 | ___ Kravitz, "Mad Max" actress who is one half of electropop duo Lolawolf |
| 27% | SLACKNESS | 9 | It's really tough to play "Duelling Banjos" when your new strings display any degree of this |
| 27% | EONS | 4 | Stretches of time that it's really hard to get your head around |
| 27% | NERD | 4 | One who's able to rattle off digits of pi, perhaps |
| 27% | HAROLD | 6 | One of the two film stoners who "go to White Castle" |
| 27% | NONE | 4 | Choice of one who's too hard to please |
| 27% | JOBS | 4 | One of the Steves who founded Apple |
| 26% | ROMULUS | 7 | One of the twin brothers who founded Rome |
| 26% | PEOPLEPLEASER | 13 | One who may find it hard to say no |
| 26% | JUROR | 5 | One of a courtroom dozen who listens to testimonies |
| 26% | ACTOR | 5 | One who hardly ever is who he appears to be |
| 26% | HEIDI | 5 | ___ Klum, German model who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 8 to 13 |
| 26% | MEL | 3 | ___ B, English singer who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 8 to 13 |
| 26% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hasselhoff, American actor who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 1 to 4 |
| 26% | ELECTRO | 7 | One of Spider-Man's enemies |
| 26% | SOFTIE | 6 | One who's liable to cry at the end of a romantic comedy, e.g. |
| 25% | ROOM | 4 | One of three found in each answer to a starred clue |
| 25% | DOC | 3 | One of Snow White's dwarfs who wears glasses |
| 25% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "9 to 5" singer who's one of the three women on the 1987 album "Trio": 2 wds. |
| 25% | SAPIOSEXUAL | 11 | One who’s attracted to highly intelligent people (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 25% | SLEEPY | 6 | One of Snow White's friends who was always tired |
| 25% | ALEXANDER | 9 | ___ the Great, a Greek commander who is widely considered to be one of history's most successful military commanders |
| 25% | APEMAN | 6 | One who gets around by means of brachiation |
| 25% | INSOMNIACS | 10 | Ones who find it difficult to go out? |