| 100% | TEATAX | 6 | Source of resentment in the Colonies in the 1770s |
| 53% | SALTLICK | 8 | Source of sodium in the wild |
| 53% | JUNGLEBELLS | 11 | Source of music in the Amazon? |
| 53% | WAKANDA | 7 | Source of Vibranium in the Marvel universe |
| 53% | ALE | 3 | Source of nutrition in the medieval world |
| 53% | ACL | 3 | Source of stability in the knee: Abbr. |
| 52% | SWAHILI | 7 | Source of most of the names in "The Lion King" |
| 51% | YAK | 3 | Source of butter, in the Himalayas |
| 50% | SEAWEED | 7 | Major source of oxygen in the earth's atmosphere |
| 50% | TEXTBOOKS | 9 | The sources of information in a course |
| 49% | STAR | 4 | One of many sources of light in the night sky |
| 49% | EDEN | 4 | Source of four great rivers, in the Bible |
| 49% | DOLLAR | 6 | Source of all the tender words in this puzzle? |
| 49% | LOTUSTREE | 9 | Source of a sleep-inducing narcotic in the "Odyssey" |
| 49% | PENAL | 5 | Kind of colony in the film "Papillon" |
| 48% | IRE | 3 | Source of much U.S. immigration in the 1840s: Abbr. |
| 48% | KRESGE | 6 | Source of the "K" in Kmart |
| 47% | PSALMS | 6 | Source of the quote in 6-Across |
| 47% | BEET | 4 | Source of the pink in pickled turnips |
| 47% | ACL | 3 | Source of rotational stability in the knee |
| 47% | STKITTS | 7 | Site of the first British colony in the Caribbean, 1624 |
| 47% | RADIX | 5 | The main source; number in the base of a system |
| 47% | SNARE | 5 | Source of the "ba-dum" sound in "ba-dum-tss" |
| 47% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Source of all the quotes in this puzzle |
| 47% | ROTC | 4 | Source of a deferment in the 1960s draft |
| 47% | SOY | 3 | Source of the protein in an Impossible Burger |
| 47% | PHONE | 5 | Source of a light in the darkness, perhaps |
| 47% | ERGONOMICCHAIR | 14 | Source of comfort and support in the office |
| 47% | COMET | 5 | Source of the meteors in a meteor shower |
| 46% | SNL | 3 | Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief |