| 100% | DAK | 3 | QB ___ Prescott on whom the Cowboys placed a franchise tag of $31.4 million on March 16 this year |
| 36% | NIK | 3 | Erendira's husband who walked across the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua on a high wire in March of this year |
| 33% | KERI | 4 | Actress Russell who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year |
| 29% | ELIMANNING | 10 | QB great who announced his retirement on January 22 of this year |
| 27% | ADELE | 5 | "Easy on Me" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year |
| 27% | CLEM | 4 | Alt-country band "___ Snide" who released the album "Forever Just Beyond" in March of this year |
| 27% | LOOKAT | 6 | "___ the Flowers", title of "The Walking Dead" episode which aired on AMC on March 29 of this year |
| 27% | GARTHBROOKS | 11 | "That Girl Is a Cowboy" singer who won the 2019 CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 26% | DOUGWILSON | 10 | Host of the former TLC series "Moving Up" who's a designer on 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ONE | 3 | (5/5) End of a New Year's countdown...or the number that follows 31 on the calendar |
| 26% | CSNY | 4 | Initials of the supergroup who performed for the very first time on August 16, 1969, only two days before they performed a Woodstock |
| 25% | URSULAKLEGUIN | 13 | "The Left Hand of Darkness" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 4 wds. |
| 25% | GEO | 3 | Tourism prefix which refers to the kind preferred by travelers who are keen on geographical characteristics of a place |
| 25% | SMALL | 5 | The "S" of XS, on a shirt tag |
| 25% | MUELLER | 7 | Special counsel who submitted a report in March earlier this year (with 20A) |
| 25% | MAY | 3 | "To Whom It ___ Concern," 2016 film starring Wilmer Valderrama ... or the start of a New Year's wish highlighted in this puzzle |
| 25% | TOM | 3 | ___ Brady, NFL quarterback who suffered a major knee injury and went on to become the Comeback Player of the Year in 2009 |
| 24% | DARCYCARDEN | 11 | "The Good Place" actress who plays Greta on the 2022 TV series "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | TRANS | 5 | Like those celebrating a "day of visibility" on March 31 |
| 24% | PINTSIZED | 9 | 16 ounces, on this side of the pond |
| 24% | BILLYRAYCYRUS | 13 | "Some Gave All" country singer who came in fifth place with partner Karina Smirnoff on season 4 of "Dancing with the Stars" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | IDES | 4 | Three days before the start of this year's March Madness |
| 24% | TRANS | 5 | Like those celebrated with a Day of Visibility on March 31 |
| 24% | BAGUETTES | 9 | The French consume 10 billion of these a year |
| 24% | SPOTLIGHT | 9 | This shines on the star of a theater show |
| 24% | TORRE | 5 | 1971 N.L. M.V.P. who was later twice A.L. Manager of the Year |
| 24% | MULAN | 5 | Fa ___, character from the Disney Princess franchise who joins an army under the guise of a man in the film based on a Chinese Legend |
| 24% | ELLEN | 5 | Broidy who was a co-organizer of the first gay pride march |
| 24% | OUST | 4 | What the president did to Mick Mulvaney in March of this year |
| 24% | TONI | 4 | Braxton who released the single "Do It" in April of this year |