| 100% | EFILE | 5 | Option used by 94% of US individuals for 2020 |
| 38% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | 2020 was 100th anniversary of this for US women |
| 37% | ASPHALT | 7 | Black by-product of petroleum used for paving |
| 36% | MITT | 4 | Glove used by fielders that you would need for a day of playing baseball |
| 35% | MARTELLO | 8 | Small circular fort used by Britain for coastal defence at the time of the Napoleonic Wars |
| 35% | ETHANOL | 7 | What about 40% of the U.S. corn crop is used for |
| 35% | IIS | 3 | Group of Internet servers created by Microsoft for use with Windows NT family |
| 34% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Optical instrument used by Galileo Galilei for many of his scientific observations of 17a, 35a, 24d, and 43d |
| 34% | SAE | 3 | Mailing option used by fans: Abbr. |
| 34% | OWN | 3 | We bore in mind their ___ individual requirements but didn't do special favours for any of them. |
| 33% | SHADOWS | 7 | "___ of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are," 1993 book co-authored by Carl Sagan |
| 33% | BLIGHTY | 7 | Term for England used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars |
| 33% | DAYTIMEMEAWARDS | 15 | Prizes won by Acadia National Park for the first sight of sunrise in the U.S.? |
| 33% | SIC | 3 | Old code used by US cos. that indicated product areas, like 2100 for tobacco products and 3100 for leather products (abbr.) |
| 32% | AGENTORANGE | 11 | Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for crop destruction by the US during the Vietnam War |
| 32% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 32% | CHINA | 5 | "The Adventures of ___ Iron," novel by Gabriela Cabezon Camara which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 32% | GREENGAGE | 9 | "The Enlightenment of the ___ Tree," novel by Shokoofeh Azar which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 31% | CHAIN | 5 | "The ___," 1977 song by Fleetwood Mac that was used on the soundtrack for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" |
| 31% | PARACHUTE | 9 | Used by a skydiver for a safe landing |
| 31% | NETS | 4 | Tools used by SpongeBob for "jellyfishing" |
| 31% | GRS | 3 | Synthetic substitute for natural rubber used by the US during WWll |
| 31% | AGENT | 5 | & 6D Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction by the US during the Vietnam War |
| 31% | RUN | 3 | "___ the World (Girls)," 2011 song by Beyonce that was used to awaken the crew of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| 31% | STATCAST | 8 | App used by MLB for player evaluation |
| 31% | ETSY | 4 | Website used by a lot of artisans |
| 30% | OUR | 3 | Shared by both of us |
| 30% | OURS | 4 | Owned by all of us |
| 30% | THRU | 4 | By way of, for short |