| 100% | JAMAISVU | 8 | Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it before |
| 33% | CSI | 3 | One of the 11 4-year senior schools in the City University of New York system that has Danny the Dolphin as its mascot |
| 30% | FRESHAIR | 8 | Something new and different might be described as a breath of it |
| 28% | STEVEDORE | 9 | Patrick Moynihan worked as one before going to City College of New York |
| 28% | DIVING | 6 | Summer Olympic sport which also has a synchronized variant as one of its events |
| 28% | PEKOE | 5 | Type of tea designated as orange because of its association with royalty, even though it's actually colored black |
| 28% | MACAU | 5 | Asian territory where one official language is Portuguese, even though only about 3% of the populace can speak it |
| 27% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | "The Shining" actor who has won two oscars, one of them for "As Good as it Gets": 2 wds |
| 26% | DEJA | 4 | ___ vu (feeling of already having experienced something) |
| 25% | HATEREAD | 8 | Enjoy, as an article, even though it makes your blood boil |
| 25% | EAR | 3 | Something a mantis has only one of, surprisingly |
| 25% | MAJORIN | 7 | Have as a focus of one's studies |
| 24% | DEJAVU | 6 | The feeling of having done something before |
| 24% | POTENTIALENERGY | 15 | What something has before it's dropped |
| 24% | ELKS | 4 | Members of a human lodge, even though it sounds like it's a club for antlered animals |
| 24% | EGG | 3 | Something that has to be broken before it can be used |
| 23% | LEAD | 4 | What we call the core of a pencil, even though it's really graphite |
| 23% | DEJAVU | 6 | Olivia Rodrigo hit, or the eerie feeling of having previously experienced something: 2 wds. |
| 23% | PLUTO | 5 | It has only one-sixth of the mass of Earth's moon |
| 23% | PETERSTUYVESANT | 15 | Leader of New Netherland before it was renamed New York |
| 23% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich with crispy meat as one of its ingredients: Abbr. |
| 23% | ORCHIDS | 7 | "To deserve a bouquet of ___," idiom that means one has done something worthy of praise |
| 23% | SWAPOUT | 7 | Exchange, as an old piece of equipment for a new one |
| 23% | OTTERPOP | 8 | Frozen treat with Alexander the Grape as one of its flavors |
| 23% | NGAIO | 5 | New Zealand writer Marsh, OBE recipient known as one of the "Queens of Crime" |
| 23% | BOISE | 5 | State capital that has the same number of letters as its state |
| 23% | OMNI | 4 | Hotel chain that lists "All Together" as one of its core values |
| 22% | BEATSADEAD | 10 | Before the bottom half of a 42-Down, keeps arguing after something has been decided |
| 22% | SKOR | 4 | Candy bar that sounds as though it should come in packs of twenty? |
| 22% | LIKE | 4 | "Friends ___ Us" one of the titles of the series before it became "Friends" |