| 100% | METRE | 5 | One ten-millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the equator (as defined by the French Academy of Sciences in 1791) |
| 35% | COHORT | 6 | One of the ten units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion |
| 33% | ROPE | 4 | *Hitch material, and one of ten one-word movies in this puzzle directed by the honoree |
| 31% | TOLLS | 5 | "For Whom the Bell ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway, set in the Spanish Civil War and is regarded as one of his best works |
| 30% | COVET | 5 | Desire, as in one of the Ten Commandments |
| 30% | COHORT | 6 | One of the 10 units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion |
| 30% | LATITUDE | 8 | Angular distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
| 30% | DRAKEMAYE | 9 | North Carolina quarterback and 2022 ACC Player of the Year who was selected by the New England Patriots as the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft (2 wds.) |
| 30% | WEALD | 5 | The —, region of SE England between the North Downs and the South Downs |
| 30% | WEALD | 5 | The —, region of southeast England between the North Downs and the South Downs |
| 29% | GIANTSLALOM | 11 | One of the events in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships which involves skiing between sets of poles: 2 wds. |
| 29% | FIVEGOLDENRINGS | 15 | One set of gifts in "The 12 Days of Christmas" ... as suggested by the circled squares? |
| 28% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 28% | VICTORIAN | 9 | Architectural style characterized by steep roofs and grand staircases, as seen in the Palace of Westminster |
| 28% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 28% | ARAGORN | 7 | Ranger of the North and heir of Isildur who is portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in "The Lord of the Rings" films |
| 28% | ARMORYSHOW | 10 | The —, International Exhibition of Modern Art as organised by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in New York in 1913 |
| 28% | TONY | 4 | One of the Italian chefs in the 2019 animated movie "Lady and the Tramp," voiced by F. Murray Abraham |
| 28% | WEALD | 5 | The —, region of southeast England between the North and South Downs |
| 28% | ORC | 3 | One of a race of creatures in works by J R R Tolkien used as soldiers by Sauron and Saruman |
| 28% | PREMOLAR | 8 | Any one of the eight teeth in a human adult situated between the first molars and the canines |
| 28% | DENALI | 6 | Mountain in North America which is one of the Seven Summits and which was first climbed in 1913 |
| 28% | PELOPS | 6 | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal |
| 27% | NIOBE | 5 | One who "lives in stone and still nurses the sorrows sent upon her by the hand of heaven," per "The Iliad" |
| 27% | ELK | 3 | One of the largest mammals in North America |
| 27% | VCR | 3 | The first commercial one of these was introduced by Ampex in 1956 and cost roughly $50,000 |
| 27% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SIBYL | 5 | One of a number of prophetesses in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld |
| 27% | MAXIME | 6 | Madame Olympe ___, French witch who was the headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and a judge in the Triwizard tournament |
| 27% | BROCOUNTRY | 10 | Genre described by one critic as “music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude” |