| 100% | INSIDIOUS | 9 | Series whose fourth chapter is The Last Key |
| 40% | RYU | 3 | Main character in Capcom's Street Fighter series whose "special move" was the subject of a scientific work last year |
| 38% | BAYWATCH | 8 | Hit series whose pilot was the TV movie "Panic at Malibu River" |
| 38% | LEE | 3 | Bruce ___, whose last movie was "Enter the Dragon" |
| 37% | CUBS | 4 | Team whose last World Series win was in 1908 |
| 37% | YAVIN | 5 | Planet whose fourth moon is the site of the main rebel base in Star Wars, 1977 |
| 37% | GEER | 4 | Will —, actor whose roles included Grandpa in US television series The Waltons |
| 37% | RANDY | 5 | Late songwriter ___ California, whose family is involved in the 18-Across lawsuit |
| 37% | REDS | 4 | MLB team whose last World Series championship was in 1990 |
| 37% | TED | 3 | "___ Lasso" (series whose fourth season has been announced) |
| 37% | ALPHABET | 8 | Series whose first seven members are sung to the starts of 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across |
| 37% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |
| 36% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Popular children's book series ... whose protagonist is "hiding" in the circled letters |
| 36% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | CBS "The Late Show" host whose show was nominated for a 2020 Writers Guild Award for Comedy/Variety Talk Series (2 wds.) |
| 36% | METS | 4 | New York team whose last World Series appearance was in 2000 |
| 36% | EGGO | 4 | Brand whose last letter is in the shape of its product |
| 36% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president whose last vice president was Harry Truman |
| 36% | KELLYMARIETRAN | 14 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actress whose first name is a shade of green: 3 wds. |
| 36% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 36% | WIN | 3 | Be the last person standing |
| 36% | COUNTERSTRIKE | 13 | Series of first-person shooter video games whose latest instalment is "Global Offensive" : Hyph. |
| 36% | THIS | 4 | "__ is the last straw!" |
| 36% | AMBI | 4 | Prefix whose last two letters are a prefix meaning the same thing |
| 36% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose last words are "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 35% | PENNY | 5 | The only major character in "The Big Bang Theory" whose last name was never revealed |
| 35% | CUSCO | 5 | Fourth largest region of Peru by area whose capital was centre of the Inca Empire |
| 35% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 35% | STRAW | 5 | "This is the last ___!" |
| 35% | MASH | 4 | Sitcom whose finale is still the most-watched episode of a scripted series |
| 35% | LII | 3 | Shakespeare sonnet that begins "So am I as the rich, whose blessed key" |