| 100% | WITE | 4 | Saint whose relics were accidentally discovered in 1900 at the Church of the Holy Cross and St. Candida in Dorset, UK |
| 30% | WHITHORN | 8 | Royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway; location of Candida Casa, the church of St Ninian |
| 30% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 28% | SETI | 4 | Pharaoh of the New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and the son of Ramesses I, whose tomb was discovered in 1817 |
| 26% | ECARTE | 6 | In ballet, a position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body |
| 26% | MINSK | 5 | Capital of Belarus which is famous for the church of Saints Simon and Helena |
| 26% | MARTIANMISSIONS | 15 | NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across |
| 26% | CHER | 4 | Singer/actress whose name can be found at the ends of 17-, 31-, and 43-Across |
| 26% | ANS | 3 | Org. that promotes the study of onomastics and whose annual conference is in SF next January |
| 26% | MAINZ | 5 | Port in Germany at the confluence of the Rivers Rhine and Main |
| 26% | OXFORD | 6 | City in England at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Cherwell |
| 25% | REUNION | 7 | Overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Saint-Denis |
| 25% | COMA | 4 | You can be in it and out of it at the same time |
| 25% | BURNLEY | 7 | Market town in Lancashire at the confluence of the Rivers Calder and Brun |
| 25% | LEOMINSTER | 10 | Market town in Herefordshire at the confluence of the Rivers Lugg and Kenwater |
| 25% | SPENGLER | 8 | Oswald —, German philosopher whose two-volume work The Decline of the West was published in 1918 and 1923 |
| 25% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 25% | TEFLON | 6 | Material that forms the coating of non-stick cookware, and was accidentally discovered during experiments on CFCs |
| 25% | SCOTTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who stars in "The Fate of the Furious", and whose father is Clint Eastwood: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ASPERGES | 8 | Rite of sprinkling holy water at the beginning of the Mass in the Catholic Church |
| 25% | EDEN | 4 | Garden of —, Old Testament location in which Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation |
| 25% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 25% | NBA | 3 | League whose 2023 Finals participants are mentioned at the ends of 20- and 28-Across, and 45- and 50-Across |
| 25% | PRETZEL | 7 | Salty snack whose varieties are found at the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 25% | PINSK | 5 | City in Belarus at the confluence of the Pina and Pripyat Rivers |
| 25% | OXFORD | 6 | City in England at the confluence of the Thames and Cherwell rivers |
| 25% | OMSK | 4 | City in Russia at the confluence of the Om and Irtysh Rivers |
| 25% | DESSAU | 6 | Town in Germany at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde rivers |
| 24% | JIMIHENDRIX | 11 | "Purple Haze" guitarist and singer whose band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992: 2 wds. |