| 100% | STARR | 5 | Subject of James Carville's "... And the Horse He Rode In On" |
| 40% | RIO | 3 | Brief name of the location where James Bond and Jaws fought on top of a cable car in "Moonraker" |
| 40% | PERSONALBANKING | 15 | Hark! And hear of the vengeful ruler who took great pleasure in expelling disloyal subjects, for he was the … |
| 40% | ATE | 3 | Vanna "We ___ the Horse You Rode in On" |
| 39% | ARBOR | 5 | Subject of a celebration on the last Friday in April |
| 39% | ZEBEDEE | 7 | Father of James and John in the New Testament |
| 39% | DRAFT | 5 | Frequent subject of protests in the sixties and seventies |
| 38% | ETTA | 4 | Jazz singer ___ James who's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 38% | ETTA | 4 | James in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 37% | DARIUSRUCKER | 12 | Hootie and the Blowfish lead singer who's getting a Recording star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Blues and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame |
| 37% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Blues and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame |
| 37% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Rock and Roll and Blues halls of fame |
| 37% | ATLAS | 5 | He carried the weight of the world on his shoulders, in myth |
| 36% | CORRIDA | 7 | Subject of Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" |
| 36% | FUTURE | 6 | Rap artist, and the name of the #1 album he released on 2/17/17 |
| 36% | ADANA | 5 | City in S Turkey on the Seyhan River east of Tarsus |
| 36% | DIANA | 5 | Subject of Elton's "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 36% | HARWICH | 7 | Town in Essex on the estuaries of the Rivers Orwell and Stour |
| 36% | HARWICH | 7 | Seaport in Essex on the estuaries of the Orwell and Stour rivers |
| 36% | VAASA | 5 | Port on the Gulf of Bothnia and capital of Finland in 1918 |
| 36% | WONSAN | 6 | City and port in southeast North Korea on the Sea of Japan |
| 36% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 36% | CERSEI | 6 | I am Jaime's twin sister and two of my children have sat on the Iron Throne in "Game of Thrones" |
| 36% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 35% | NICKCARRAWAY | 12 | He is the narrator and a friend of Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 35% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |
| 35% | DIANA | 5 | Subject of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 35% | SANREMO | 7 | Port and resort in Imperia, NW Italy, on the slopes of the Maritime Alps |
| 35% | FREEWAY | 7 | "We going riding on the ___ of love in my pink Cadillac" (Aretha Franklin lyric) |