| 100% | AYN | 3 | Rand whose “ ‘philosophy’ is nearly perfect in its immorality,” per Gore Vidal |
| 34% | IBM | 3 | Computing company whose logo has remained largely the same since it was introduced by Paul Rand in 1962 |
| 32% | SPEED | 5 | It might be measured in miles per hour |
| 32% | SPEED | 5 | It can be measured in miles per hour |
| 29% | IDEAL | 5 | Perfect in its conception |
| 29% | OSCARMAYER | 10 | Food company whose name is spelled out in its advertising jingle |
| 29% | EGGO | 4 | Brand whose last letter is in the shape of its product |
| 29% | NSYNC | 5 | Band whose hit “Bye Bye Bye” was featured in “Deadpool & Wolverine” and subsequently reëntered the Billboard Hot 100, nearly a quarter century after its release (July and August, 2024) |
| 29% | STL | 3 | Mo. city whose MLS team will play its first game in 2023 |
| 28% | EXETER | 6 | City in Devon whose name contains the river on which it is situated |
| 28% | NIHILIST | 8 | One whose guiding philosophy is "What does it matter?" |
| 28% | TITANIC | 7 | Film that was rereleased in 3-D nearly fifteen years after its initial première |
| 27% | ERA | 3 | Legislation ratified by Va. in 2020, nearly a hundred years after it was first introduced |
| 27% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 27% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose horn is worth more than its weight in gold |
| 27% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song whose title is said eighty times in its lyrics |
| 27% | BENPLATT | 8 | Tony-winning Best Actor of 16-Across whose film debut was in "Pitch Perfect": 2 wds. |
| 27% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, pop singer whose posthumous album "This Is It" topped the charts in 2009 |
| 27% | DDT | 3 | Substance whose primary use earned its discoverer the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology - but is now banned |
| 27% | LEAD | 4 | Shiny-gray metal used in batteries, whose chemical symbol 'Pb' is derived from its Latin name 'Plumbum' |
| 26% | SODIUM | 6 | Soft, shiny-white metal found in salt, whose chemical symbol 'Na' is derived from its Latin name 'Natrium' |
| 26% | GOLD | 4 | Orange-yellow precious metal used in jewelry, whose chemical symbol 'Au' is derived from its Latin name 'Aurum' |
| 26% | CUMBERBATCH | 11 | Benedict ___, whose birthday it is today. Shot to fame portraying the titular character in the hit series "Sherlock" |
| 26% | BARCELONA | 9 | "Vicky Cristina ___," A film in which Javier Bardem - whose birthday it is today - starred alongside Cruz and Johansson |
| 26% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | Group in a 1999 movie whose first rule of membership is not to talk about it: 2 wds. |
| 26% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 26% | MAB | 3 | Fairy queen whose chariot is an empty hazelnut, per Mercutio, in “Romeo and Juliet” |
| 26% | INDEPENDENCEDAY | 15 | Will Smith starred in it |
| 26% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | English actor from "The Italian Job" whose birthday it is today and who was knighted in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 26% | HOFF | 4 | Harry S —, English author whose 1934 debut novel Trina was published in the US as It Happened in PRK |