| 100% | RAPSINGER | 9 | Phrase rhymed with “chain blinger,” in “American Boy,” and “bell ringer,” in “Not Tonight (Ladies’ Night Remix)” |
| 29% | RYE | 3 | Word rhymed with "Pie," "dry" and "die," in the "American Pie" chorus |
| 27% | RASTAPASTA | 10 | Rhyming dish with jerk chicken and bell peppers |
| 26% | QUEUEING | 8 | Has five vowels in a row and rhymes with "doing" |
| 25% | CAMELOT | 7 | Castle whose name is repeatedly rhymed with “Shalott,” in “The Lady of Shalott” |
| 25% | APRICOT | 7 | Word rhymed with "yacht" and "gavotte" in "You're So Vain" |
| 25% | PETCO | 5 | Retail chain with a dog and a cat in its logo |
| 25% | OPEC | 4 | Intl. group with two South American members and none in North America |
| 25% | PANDAEXPRESS | 12 | American Chinese restaurant chain with a black, white and red logo |
| 25% | STRAY | 5 | Tramp, but not Lady, in “Lady and the Tramp” |
| 25% | FIREWORKS | 9 | Displays with flashes and bangs in the night sky |
| 24% | LEVEE | 5 | Word rhymed with "Chevy" in "American Pie" |
| 24% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 24% | MAYBE | 5 | Word loosely rhymed with “crazy” and “chase me” in a Carly Rae Jepsen song |
| 24% | ACDC | 4 | Australian band with hits like "Back in Black" and "Hell's Bells" |
| 24% | PEP | 3 | ___ Boys (car repair chain with the mascots Manny, Moe, and Jack) |
| 24% | PETCO | 5 | Store chain with a dog and cat in its logo |
| 24% | TERRY | 5 | "___ and the Pirates," adventure comic strip by Milton Caniff which follows a young American boy in China |
| 23% | FOB | 3 | Watch chain, in olden times (rhymes with "gob") |
| 23% | CARRIE | 6 | With 18-Across and 21-Down, National American Woman Suffrage Association president starting in 1900 |
| 23% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |
| 23% | LEVEE | 5 | Embankment that's rhymed with "Chevy" in the chorus to "American Pie" |
| 23% | RYANLEWIS | 9 | American DJ and musician, whose hip-hop duo with Macklemore won four Grammys in 2014, including Best New Artist: 2 wds. |
| 22% | TOIL | 4 | Work day and night, say (rhymes with "coil") |
| 22% | ISTHISLOVE | 10 | 1978 Bob Marley song that rhymes treat you right with every day and every night |
| 22% | TURRON | 6 | Nougat with toasted almonds made as a Christmas delicacy in Spain and Latin American countries |
| 22% | JACKIE | 6 | Some call her the First Lady of American athletics and has won several Olympic medals in heptathlon and long jump |
| 22% | MARGARETKEANE | 13 | American painter, featured in a 2014 biopic, known for her women and children with big eyes: 2 wds. |
| 22% | MELANIA | 7 | “___ and Me,” book sourced in part from surreptitious recordings of conversations with the First Lady (September, 2020) |
| 22% | BRADLEY | 7 | I played Pat in "Silver Linings Playbook" and I shared a Grammy Award with Lady Gaga |