| 100% | PALOS | 5 | Spain's ___ de la Frontera, from where Columbus sailed in 1492 for unknown parts to the west |
| 27% | AFAR | 4 | Where to love from, for the unrequited |
| 26% | ACCT | 4 | Where to keep money in the bank, for short |
| 26% | MTSINAI | 7 | Where Moses receives the Fifteen Commandments in Mel Brooks’s “History of the World: Part I,” for short |
| 25% | ALIST | 5 | Hollywood's crème de la crème ... and where to find the ends of the answers to starred clues? |
| 24% | ITUNES | 6 | Where to find the songs in this grid ... or an appropriate title for this puzzle? |
| 24% | TOP | 3 | Abbreviation for the Grammy-winning duo from Columbus that released "Trench" in 2018 |
| 24% | LOWER | 5 | The bunk it's lousy to sleep in if your bunkmate suffers from mal-de-mer |
| 24% | BRB | 3 | "I need to step away from the conversation for a second," in a text |
| 24% | INDIAMAN | 8 | Sailing ship of the 17th to 19th centuries engaged in trade with the East or West Indies |
| 24% | ENEMY | 5 | Spain, to the U.S. in 1898 |
| 24% | STL | 3 | Gateway to the West, for short |
| 24% | STL | 3 | "Gateway to the West," for short |
| 23% | GALLEON | 7 | Large square-rigged sailing ship especially used by Spain from the 15th to 18th centuries |
| 23% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | He pitched in 1,115 games for the Yankees from 1995 to 2013: 2 wds. |
| 23% | IDA | 3 | Where to find Moscow in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 23% | PORTUGAL | 8 | Country directly to the west of Spain |
| 23% | STL | 3 | "Gateway to the West" city, for short |
| 23% | DANGELORUSSEL | 13 | No. 1 guard for the LA Lakers, and Jerry West award winner in 2015 : 2 wds. |
| 23% | ACKEE | 5 | Tree of the soapberry family native to West Africa cultivated in the Caribbean for its fruit |
| 23% | ESTEBAN | 7 | ___ Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramirez, really long name for the bellhop from "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" |
| 23% | EVERYTIME | 9 | Ariana Grande song from the album "Sweetener", released in 2018, where she repetitively sings "back to you" |
| 23% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 23% | COSTA | 5 | Spain's ___ del Sol, where the largest Buddhist stupa in Europe is located |
| 23% | DAVIDBECKHAM | 12 | English soccer star who left a Spanish club to play for the LA Galaxy in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 23% | STIRRUP | 7 | Item which some scholars argue was directly responsible for the shift from infantry to cavalry in medieval armies |
| 23% | PINTA | 5 | In 1492 it sailed the ocean blue |
| 23% | PINTA | 5 | In 1492, it sailed the ocean blue |
| 22% | THREEHOURTOUR | 13 | 1960s sitcom setup, part 1: The S.S. Minnow set sail for a ___: 3 wds. |
| 22% | STARS | 5 | "City of ___," song from "La La Land" which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 2016 |