| 100% | MAUNALOA | 8 | Peak that spewed lava within two miles of Daniel K. Inouye Highway in 2022 |
| 27% | OAHU | 4 | Home of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |
| 24% | THEQUEUE | 8 | Nickname for a 10-mile line of people that made headlines in Sept. 2022 |
| 23% | MTIDA | 5 | Either of two peaks in Greek myth |
| 22% | ARK | 3 | Boat that carried two of every animal, in the Bible |
| 22% | OHIO | 4 | River that reaches a width of one mile in downtown Louisville |
| 22% | VENUS | 5 | One of two planets in the solar system that lacks a moon |
| 22% | METAL | 5 | "Sound of ___," film starring Riz Ahmed that won two Oscars in 2021 |
| 21% | STRINGOFLETTERS | 15 | In either of two connotations, a phrase that describes each circled row in this grid |
| 21% | BALD | 4 | ___ eagle, bird of prey that can fly 225 miles in a day during migration |
| 21% | REPEAT | 6 | What two sets of dots within double lines indicate, in musical scores |
| 21% | ALOHA | 5 | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport greeting |
| 21% | KIDNEY | 6 | Either of two bean-shaped organs in man that filter waste products from the blood |
| 20% | SHUTDOWN | 8 | 2022 K-pop hit by Blackpink that peaked at #25 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart: 2 wds. |
| 20% | PERSEIDS | 8 | Name of a major 14-Across that peaks early in the week of August 12, 2019 |
| 20% | WALLAWALLA | 10 | Town approx. 81 miles south of 17 Across that has the largest Lutheran church in New South Wales |
| 20% | ALOHA | 5 | Greeting at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |
| 20% | LEIS | 4 | Gifts at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |
| 20% | LEI | 3 | Gift at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |
| 20% | EYE | 3 | Watcher ... and homophone of a letter that appears exactly once in every clue and all but two answers |
| 20% | MTFUJI | 6 | Peak that last erupted in 1707-'08 |
| 20% | ETNA | 4 | Peak that grew 100 feet in 2021 |
| 19% | ALOHA | 5 | Howdy at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |
| 19% | PENNY | 5 | "A ___ saved is worth two in the bush," example of 50a that encourages being content with what you have |
| 19% | PATH | 4 | Bright ___ Strong (organization that successfully lobbied for the full reinstatement of Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals, in July, 2022) |
| 19% | HOSEA | 5 | Follower of Daniel, in the Bible |
| 19% | PAIREDUP | 8 | In groups of two |
| 19% | EVENSO | 6 | In spite of that |
| 19% | THEREFOR | 8 | In place of that |
| 19% | NEVERTHELESS | 12 | In spite of that |