| 100% | TOMB | 4 | Setting for the very end of "Aida" |
| 70% | NIB | 3 | The very end of a pen, for writing with |
| 60% | FINGERTIP | 9 | The very end of a digit |
| 56% | OESTE | 5 | Setting for the setting of el sol |
| 55% | TIBET | 5 | Setting for the novel "The Magician of Lhasa" |
| 55% | TARA | 4 | Setting for the highest-grossing movie of 1939 |
| 55% | UTAH | 4 | Setting for the beginning of "The Book of Mormon" |
| 55% | ABBEY | 5 | Setting for the start of "The Sound of Music" |
| 54% | PADUA | 5 | Setting for "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| 54% | TARA | 4 | Setting for the biggest movie of 1939 |
| 54% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022 |
| 54% | EDEN | 4 | Garden setting for the beginning of "Good Omens" |
| 54% | HOMETOWN | 8 | Setting for the early chapters of a biography |
| 53% | SEA | 3 | Setting for much of the "Odyssey" |
| 53% | ELUL | 4 | End of the year, for some |
| 53% | EDT | 3 | Setting for the PGA Tour's first major of the year |
| 53% | THANKSGIVINGDAY | 15 | Setting for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 53% | CRETE | 5 | Greek-island setting for the myth of the Minotaur |
| 53% | INDIA | 5 | Setting for much of the movie "Lion" |
| 53% | DEC | 3 | End of the year month, for short |
| 53% | RAILHEAD | 8 | End of the line, for a train |
| 53% | DEC | 3 | End of the year-month, for short |
| 53% | FRI | 3 | End of the workweek, for some (Abbr.) |
| 52% | FARM | 4 | Setting for the black-and-white parts of "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 52% | PAST | 4 | Setting for much of "Back to the Future" |
| 52% | EDT | 3 | Setting for home games of the O's |
| 52% | CAVERN | 6 | Setting for a Pirates of the Caribbean ride |
| 52% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for nearly half of Around the World ... |
| 52% | GOV | 3 | End of the URL for the US Congress |
| 52% | EDU | 3 | End of the URL for Yale or Duke |