| 100% | SEED | 4 | Subject of the "Lorax" song "Let It Grow" |
| 65% | POISONIVY | 9 | Subject of the saying "Leaves of three, let it be" |
| 55% | EARHART | 7 | Subject of the Joni Mitchell song "Amelia" |
| 55% | ROACH | 5 | Subject of the folk song "La Cucaracha" |
| 54% | ETS | 3 | Subjects of the song "Aliens Exist" (Abbr.) |
| 53% | SUNRISE | 7 | Subject of the painting that gave Impressionism its name |
| 49% | SOD | 3 | Surface of the ground with grass growing on it |
| 49% | FLOW | 4 | "Let It ___," song by Toni Braxton with an ocean-related term describing the movement of a liquid |
| 48% | ENYA | 4 | Performer of the 2001 Oscar-nominated song "May It Be" |
| 47% | BRUSSELS | 8 | & 3D Member of the cabbage family grown for its edible buds |
| 47% | ITSAHELLUVATOWN | 15 | Statement describing the subject of the song |
| 45% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Subject of a children's song associated with the vowels in the answer to each starred clue |
| 45% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Thick of It" ("The Backyardigans" song) |
| 45% | THEWEEKND | 9 | Singer of the 2015 pop song "Earned It," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WORLDSTALLESTSKYSCRAPER | 23 | The subject of this puzzle, on 5/1/31, the day it opened |
| 44% | BASEBALL | 8 | Subject of the Stepquote |
| 44% | GOLF | 4 | Subject of the quote |
| 44% | PANAMACANAL | 11 | Subject of the slogan |
| 44% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 44% | SENATE | 6 | Subject of the 17th Amendment |
| 44% | FROSTYTHESNOWMAN | 16 | Subject of the carol lines |
| 44% | ADULTERY | 8 | Subject of the Seventh Commandment |
| 44% | TORNADO | 7 | Subject of the Fujita scale |
| 44% | EDKOCH | 6 | Subject of the musical "Mayor" |
| 44% | HISS | 4 | Subject of the book "Perjury" |
| 44% | RACISM | 6 | Subject of the film "42" |
| 44% | MERRYPRANKSTERS | 15 | Subject of the 1968 work |
| 44% | ORCA | 4 | Subject of the documentary "Blackfish" |
| 44% | CAPOTE | 6 | Subject of the play "Tru" |
| 44% | THOU | 4 | Subject of the Ten Commandments? |