| 100% | FIDELIO | 7 | Opera whose name is the password to the secret party in Eyes Wide Shut |
| 38% | LANDONDONOVAN | 13 | US soccer great whose name was added to the MLS MVP Award in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 38% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 36% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Hall-of-Fame Celtics center whose name was added to the NBA Finals MVP Award in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GORILLAZ | 8 | Grammy-winning group whose name is an homage to the Monkees |
| 35% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Hall-of-Fame Red Sox left fielder whose name was added to the MLB All-Star MVP Award in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ONCE | 4 | Musical whose name is the number 11 in a foreign language |
| 34% | RUMI | 4 | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera “Monsters of Grace” |
| 33% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 33% | ZYZZYVA | 7 | Tropical insect whose name is the last word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary |
| 33% | ENRON | 5 | Energy giant whose name was removed from the Astros' ballpark in 2002 |
| 33% | OREGANO | 7 | Herb whose name translates to "brightness of the mountain" in Classical Greek |
| 33% | MRT | 3 | Actor whose name is appropriate to appear in this puzzle |
| 33% | KLM | 3 | Airline whose name is three consecutive consonants in the alphabet |
| 32% | MDA | 3 | Org. whose telethon was the first to be viewed globally via the internet in 1998 |
| 32% | QUEEN | 5 | ___ of Hearts, "Alice in Wonderland" character whose name is connected to 13a |
| 32% | ETA | 3 | First letter in the Greek alphabet whose name is three letters long |
| 32% | SUZANNE | 7 | Name of Crazy Eyes in Orange is the New Black |
| 32% | AIDA | 4 | "Celeste ___" (aria whose title includes the name of the opera it's in) |
| 32% | ERNANI | 6 | Verdi work that was the first opera to be recorded in its entirety |
| 32% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow" |
| 32% | EXETER | 6 | City in Devon whose name contains the river on which it is situated |
| 32% | GALILEO | 7 | Italian scientist whose name is sung five times in the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 32% | AMBULANCE | 9 | Emergency vehicle whose name may be written across the hood in mirror writing |
| 32% | BRUCE | 5 | "Dancing in the Dark" singer ___ Springsteen whose memoir is titled "Born to Run" |
| 32% | DRONE | 5 | Male bee in a colony whose function is to mate with the queen |
| 31% | LIMELIGHT | 9 | 1952 film starring Charlie Chaplin...the first half of whose name is the key citrus fruit in 14a |
| 31% | APRIL | 5 | Month whose name is said to be derived from the Latin for "to open" |
| 31% | JACKSONBROWNE | 13 | "Doctor, My Eyes" singer whose first name is the capital of Mississippi: 2 wds. |
| 31% | TARTT | 5 | “Ted Lasso” footballer Jamie, whose name is sung to the tune of “Baby Shark” |