| 100% | CORNIERSTORE | 12 | Shop owned by a has-been comic, vis-a-vis a trendy shop by a hot newcomer comedian? |
| 34% | CHAIN | 5 | ___ stores (series of shops owned by a firm) |
| 33% | SPIDERMAN | 9 | Marvel Superhero portrayed by Tom Holland which is owned by Sony Pictures, and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London: Hyph. |
| 33% | WOLVERINE | 9 | Marvel Superhero portrayed by Hugh Jackman which is owned by 20th Century Fox, and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London |
| 32% | MOWN | 4 | Grass that has been cut by a machine |
| 30% | RUSSELLBRAND | 12 | Comedian and voice actor in "Despicable Me" who has his own podcast, ''Under the Skin'' which is a mix of intellectual interrogations: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EMAIL | 5 | What a pointless meeting probably should have been handled by |
| 29% | REDD | 4 | Comedian Chris who has been a regular on "Saturday Night Live" since 2017 |
| 29% | LEWISBLACK | 10 | Comedian who has been a contributor to 27-Across since 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ETNA | 4 | It has been designated a Decade Volcano by the U.N. |
| 28% | COPCITY | 7 | Epithet for an Atlanta police-training center that has been protested by a range of justice groups |
| 28% | GROUCHOMARX | 11 | He said "I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury" |
| 28% | MELODICALLYSUPERVISED | 21 | Having a boss who will only communicate with you by singing? |
| 28% | DEADLINE | 8 | Time that a project has to be finished by |
| 28% | TICKLEMEELMO | 12 | By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy |
| 27% | AIGENERATED | 11 | What this puzzle is definitely not, having been created by me, a real and true human being |
| 27% | EPIC | 4 | “The novel is the ___ of a world that has been abandoned by God”: György Lukács |
| 27% | CLOUD | 5 | "Every ___ has a silver lining," idiom with a natural phenomenon that is used by optimists |
| 27% | IRON | 4 | "___ Fist" 2017 TV series created by Scott Buck which is based on a Marvel Comics character |
| 26% | THEHUNGERGAMES | 14 | Dystopian sci-fi adventure film series starring Jennifer Lawrence which has been adapted from a trilogy by Suzanne Collins: 3 wds. |
| 26% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 26% | MASK | 4 | "The ___," 1994 Jim Carrey movie that is based on a comic book series by Dark Horse Comics |
| 26% | ROSWELL | 7 | Name associated with an event in 1947 many believe has been covered up by a government conspiracy |
| 26% | FLUTE | 5 | James Madison once owned a crystal one (which was recently played by Lizzo) |
| 26% | PDA | 3 | Term for a handheld computer that has largely been replaced by "smartphone": Abbr. |
| 26% | NAVY | 4 | Old ___, American clothing company owned by the clothing giant at 34a, and whose name is reminiscent of a military force |
| 26% | EARTHS | 6 | "Crisis on Infinite ___," comic book maxiseries published by DC Comics and which is set in a shared universe |
| 26% | OPEL | 4 | German automaker that was originally a sewing machine company, and then owned by GM from 1929 to 2017 |
| 26% | THELITTLE | 9 | "___ Drummer Boy," a popular Christmas song which has been covered by several artists over several decades: 2 wds. |
| 26% | OLD | 3 | Having been around for a long time |