| 100% | FLACO | 5 | Owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo in 2023 and became an online celebrity, before his death last month |
| 30% | OWL | 3 | Flaco the ___, bird that escaped the Central Park Zoo and is now living in Central Park |
| 23% | EGRET | 5 | Bird that became endangered in the 19th and early 20th century due to demands from hat makers |
| 22% | ENIWETOK | 8 | Pacific Ocean atoll taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for atomic weapons |
| 21% | ENIWETOK | 8 | Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for atomic weapons |
| 21% | POP | 3 | ___ art, art movement that originated in the UK and US during the mid-to late 1950s which includes elements taken from mass culture |
| 21% | PAM | 3 | Product that becomes an item to which it's applied after shifting the last letter one spot down in the alphabet |
| 21% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Considered one of the best in golf, he was central figure in a controversy that involved infidelity and ended in his divorce: 2 wds. |
| 21% | SEAANIMAL | 9 | Category whose name becomes that of an example of the category when you combine the first word and the last letter of the second word |
| 21% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | American comedian and actor that reportedly has an IQ as high as 142, and known for his role in "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 20% | USPASSPORT | 10 | Item that became trilingual in the late '90s |
| 20% | BELONG | 6 | "Up Where We ___," song from the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1982 |
| 20% | ANI | 3 | Black long tailed bird from the Cuckoo family, found mostly in Central and South America |
| 20% | CORNCOBPIPE | 11 | It's made from an ear and put in the mouth |
| 20% | ANDY | 4 | ___ Dwyer, Chris Pratt's character on "Parks and Recreation" intended for a supporting role before becoming central to the series |
| 20% | TECHDEBT | 8 | The cost of implementing an easy solution that requires more work later, in programming |
| 19% | FRUCTIDOR | 9 | Twelfth month in the French Republican Calendar that bridged August and September |
| 19% | SEAMAN | 6 | The Canadian Navy caused an uproar last month in announcing that this rank would be renamed to be more gender neutral |
| 19% | KURTRUSSELL | 11 | "Escape from New York" actor who played Elvis Presley in the TV film "Elvis" and an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2 wds.) |
| 19% | PETRA | 5 | UNESCO World Heritage Site that appears in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” |
| 19% | SMOKED | 6 | ___ cocktail, drinks infused using wood chips that became popular in the late 2000s |
| 19% | PINA | 4 | "If you like ___ coladas and getting caught in the rain ...," lyrics from "Escape" by Rupert Holmes which may be his preferred drink |
| 19% | AURORAE | 7 | Displays that result from interactions in the magnetosphere and the ionosphere |
| 19% | HALPH/F | 7 | Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery |
| 19% | ONGAR | 5 | London Tube station that became disused when the line from Epping closed in 1994 |
| 19% | SURREALISM | 10 | Movement in art and literature in the 1920s that developed from dadaism |
| 19% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Notable invention from the 17th century, that is an assembly of lenses and allows us to look into space |
| 19% | LASTNIGHT | 9 | 2023 Morgan Wallen hit that became his first song to top the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 19% | POKE | 4 | ___ bowl, Hawaiian dish with raw fish, rice, and topping that became popular in the 2010s |
| 19% | SLASH | 5 | Symbol that often separates the day and month in a date |