| 100% | ETON | 4 | School named in the Public Schools Act of 1868 |
| 97% | ETON | 4 | One of the schools named in the Public Schools Act of 1868 |
| 60% | PREP | 4 | Shortened word in the names of some private schools |
| 49% | MARM | 4 | Head of the class, in pioneer schools |
| 49% | STREAKING | 9 | The act of running in the nude in public, often seen at sporting events |
| 46% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 46% | THOR | 4 | Name in the etymology of "thunder" |
| 45% | ILIE | 4 | First name in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 45% | ALVA | 4 | Middle name in the National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| 45% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 45% | LEN | 3 | Name in the middle of "middle names" |
| 45% | ASSISTANTEDITOR | 15 | Name in the middle of a masthead |
| 45% | DEDICATEE | 9 | Name in the front of a book |
| 45% | ELLA | 4 | Name in the Jazz Hall of Fame |
| 45% | IAN | 3 | Name in the subtitle of ''Bond Bound'' |
| 44% | MAIN | 4 | Street name in the center of town |
| 44% | REDHANDED | 9 | In the act of crime |
| 43% | WALTON | 6 | Name on the business school at the University of Arkansas |
| 43% | ROE | 3 | Name in the subtitle of the history book "January 1973" |
| 43% | SHOCKWAVE | 9 | A spreading feeling of upset in the public |
| 43% | JUNO | 4 | Goddess named in the opening of the "Aeneid" |
| 43% | IMAN | 4 | First name in the cast of The Marvels |
| 43% | EDIE | 4 | First name in the cast of "The Sopranos" |
| 43% | KAREEM | 6 | First name in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
| 43% | NANCY | 5 | Longtime first name in the House of Representatives |
| 43% | STOP | 4 | "___! In the Name of Love" |
| 43% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 43% | RENE | 4 | La Rana ___ (Kermit's name in the Latin American version of "Sesame Street") |
| 43% | RONPAUL | 7 | Name in the news that's an anagram of OUR PLAN |
| 43% | ANSEL | 5 | First name in the name of a Yosemite peak |