| 100% | BEAMAN | 6 | Refrain from "Mulan" before "With all the force of a great typhoon" |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | "He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ___ ..." (line from an old song about a trapeze artist) |
| 39% | VIEW | 4 | "You get a great ___ of the city from that tower" |
| 38% | TEN | 3 | Great score from a judge on "Dancing with the Stars" |
| 37% | NBC | 3 | Network with the all-time greatest number of Emmys |
| 36% | BONAMI | 6 | Cleanser with the logo of a chick emerging from an egg |
| 36% | AFI | 3 | Org. with a "100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time" list (Abbr.) |
| 36% | GEO | 3 | Prefix with "thermal" for a type of renewable energy from the Earth |
| 36% | WEARETHEWORLD | 13 | 1985 USA for Africa charity single co-written by 44-Across with the lyrics "It's time to lend a hand to life / The greatest gift of all" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | IMPACT | 6 | The force of a runner's foot against the floor |
| 36% | GENEPOOL | 8 | All the DNA of a population |
| 36% | CIVICDUTY | 9 | All the responsibilities of a citizen |
| 35% | HEAVY | 5 | "Weighty" characteristic of a cricket ball which helps with speed, force, and diverse styles of throwing the ball |
| 35% | BAHAIOEUVRE | 11 | All the writings of a Persian faith? |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | A hit song by U2, which is considered one of the greatest songs of all time |
| 35% | ORR | 3 | Bobby ___, a Canadian ice hockey player considered one of the greatest of all time |
| 35% | NOGALES | 7 | Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same name |
| 35% | JEANNEDIELMAN | 13 | Film voted the greatest of all time in a prominent 2022 critics’ poll, familiarly |
| 35% | WHATSGOINGON | 12 | Title song from the 1971 album that Rolling Stone named the greatest of all time |
| 34% | ADDENDS | 7 | All the parts of a column except the bottom |
| 34% | DENIM | 5 | Material with a name that comes from a shortening of the French for "serge from Nîmes" |
| 34% | SEED | 4 | "I begin with the ___ of an emotion, a place, and then move from there" (Joy Harjo) |
| 34% | RAMSBOTTOM | 10 | Town in Greater Manchester that shares its name with a snake companion of the puppet Sooty |
| 34% | AANG | 4 | Titular child from "Avatar: The Last Airbender" who is a member of the Air Nomads with superpowers |
| 34% | PAVAROTTI | 9 | Singer with the Guinness Book record for greatest number of curtain calls at a single performance (165) |
| 33% | ITS | 3 | "___ a Wonderful Life," a 1946 comedy-drama film which is considered one of the greatest films of all time |
| 33% | SHARKFIN | 8 | Part of a great white that protrudes from ocean |
| 33% | ALIST | 5 | Play by Gertrude Stein from 1923 with seven characters, all of whose names begin with the letter M |
| 33% | METALLICA | 9 | One of the greatest metal bands of all time with hits like "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters" |
| 33% | RESPECT | 7 | Honor ... and #5 on a list by 40-/46-Across of the 500 greatest songs of all time |