| 100% | SOUTHPOLE | 9 | Site of a placard bearing the names Robert F. Scott and Roald Amundsen |
| 34% | STATE | 5 | Only one bears the name of a U.S. president |
| 33% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 33% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | The name of a song by Lil Wayne and The Chordettes |
| 32% | SOUTHPOLE | 9 | The destination of both Amundsen and Scott |
| 32% | SEDALIA | 7 | Site of the Missouri State Fair and the Scott Joplin ragtime festival |
| 32% | CENTERSTAGE | 11 | Limelight site, and a hint to the positions of this puzzle's circled names |
| 32% | LUGE | 4 | Name of a winter sport, and the vehicle involved |
| 31% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WAHOO | 5 | Exclamation that's also the name of a tree, bush, and fish |
| 31% | BRADLEY | 7 | The star of The Hangover and A Star Is Born |
| 31% | ORKUT | 5 | Social networking site of the '00s that was named after a Google employee |
| 31% | OKA | 3 | Site of a 78 day, 1990 armed standoff in Quebec between the Mohawk First Nation and the Government of Quebec |
| 31% | POM | 3 | Letters that begin the names of both a lap dog breed and a fruit |
| 31% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 31% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |
| 30% | MEDI | 4 | Prefix for "care" in the name of a health plan for Americans 65 and up |
| 30% | HEINLEIN | 8 | Robert A —, author of the novels Starship Troopers and The Door into Summer |
| 30% | TED | 3 | 2012 film about a living teddy bear of the same name |
| 30% | SUEME | 5 | Snide challenge which was also the name of a song on "Guys and Dolls": 2 wds. |
| 30% | EAR | 3 | Site of a helix and antihelix |
| 30% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named |
| 30% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 29% | CRIME | 5 | With 65-Across, investigation site, and a punny description of the HEIST answers |
| 29% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |
| 29% | ISSA | 4 | First name of both a co-creator of Insecure and the character she plays |
| 29% | BURN | 4 | Gordon —, author of novels Alma Cogan and Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel |
| 29% | AMTRAK | 6 | Nationwide rail system whose name is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track" |
| 29% | SPOTIFY | 7 | Music streaming service whose name is a portmanteau of the words "spot" and "identify" |
| 29% | REDSEA | 6 | Site of a major part of the Bible? |