| 100% | ECONOMY | 7 | Subject of many campaign speeches, with "the" |
| 54% | AREAMAN | 7 | Facetious subject of many articles in The Onion |
| 54% | SEXWORK | 7 | Subject of the Decrim NY campaign |
| 54% | GRASSLIKE | 9 | With the appearance of many blades |
| 53% | SEURAT | 6 | Subject of "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| 53% | LENO | 4 | Subject of the bio Leading with My Chin |
| 52% | CANADA | 6 | Nation with the most miles of coastline |
| 52% | OREGON | 6 | Subject of the campaign slogan "Fifty-four forty, or fight!" |
| 51% | LOISLANE | 8 | Subject of the 2023 TV series "My Adventures With Superman" |
| 51% | ANDSUCH | 7 | With more of the same sort |
| 51% | FAB | 3 | With the circled squares of 35-Across, subject of this puzzle |
| 51% | MOB | 3 | Subject of the 2011 Jon Roberts memoir "American Desperado," with "the" |
| 51% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many works with "star" in the title |
| 51% | HOUND | 5 | Hunting dog with the most powerful sense of smell |
| 50% | URN | 3 | Subject of the poem with the words "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" |
| 50% | WMDS | 4 | Subjects of an infamous 2003 Colin Powell speech to the U.N. |
| 50% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many works with "star" in the title (Hyph.) |
| 50% | VOTINGRIGHTS | 12 | Subject of 34-Across’ “Give Us the Ballot” speech |
| 50% | PSY | 3 | Rapper with the most-viewed YouTube video of all time |
| 50% | WINS | 4 | "The player with the most number of points ___." |
| 49% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | *Singer with the most American Music Awards of all time (29) |
| 49% | DRAKE | 5 | Rapper with the most charted Billboard songs of all time (229) |
| 49% | CELEB | 5 | Many a subject of the E! channel |
| 49% | PGATOUR | 7 | Gp. with many of the best drivers |
| 49% | CUTOFFS | 7 | Jeans with most of the legs removed |
| 48% | JAYZ | 4 | Rapper with the most Grammy nominations (83) of any artist in history |
| 48% | SNL | 3 | TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350+) |
| 48% | YESWECAN | 8 | Campaign slogan associated with a Chicago politician of the 2000s |
| 48% | NEHRU | 5 | Giver of the 1947 "Tryst With Destiny" speech |
| 48% | ZOMBIES | 7 | Undead wanderers, the subject of many nightmares |