| 100% | FLASHBACK | 9 | Sudden and vivid memory of a past event |
| 80% | FLASHBACK | 9 | Sudden vivid memory of a past event |
| 57% | RECALL | 6 | Bring the memory of a past event to mind |
| 55% | FLASHBACK | 9 | Sudden memory of a past experience |
| 54% | FLASHBACK | 9 | Sudden memory from a past event |
| 39% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | A printed daily summary and report of events |
| 38% | PLOTTWIST | 9 | Sudden, shocking change of events in a storyline |
| 37% | HISTORY | 7 | Study of past events, a school subject |
| 36% | FORAYS | 6 | Sudden attacks, or a phonetic feature of 1-, 21-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 35% | BLUR | 4 | Memories of a whirlwind trip, maybe |
| 35% | REENACT | 7 | Stage a past event |
| 35% | RUE | 3 | Regret a past event |
| 35% | SAND | 4 | Makeup of the pit used in a long jump track and field event |
| 35% | TSTORMS | 7 | Weather events with lightning, briefly ... or a description of 1 and 13 Across |
| 35% | BLUR | 4 | Memory of a very busy day, maybe |
| 35% | HISTORIC | 8 | Important, as a past event |
| 35% | COVERSONG | 9 | Recording of a past hit |
| 35% | SCAR | 4 | Sign of a past injury |
| 35% | MEMORY | 6 | Recollection of a past experience |
| 35% | NAILHOLE | 8 | Evidence of a past hanging |
| 35% | SCAR | 4 | Reminder of a past injury |
| 35% | SCAR | 4 | Sign of a past surgery |
| 35% | PGA | 3 | ___ Championship (sports event with a 2024 purse of eighteen and a half million dollars) |
| 34% | SCAR | 4 | Lasting reminder of a past injury |
| 34% | NAVEL | 5 | Evidence of a past personal connection? |
| 34% | ALL | 3 | ___ of a sudden |
| 34% | ALL | 3 | "___ of a sudden ..." |
| 34% | QUILTINGBEE | 11 | Social sewing event ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 29-, 34- and 44-Across |
| 33% | TABLEAU | 7 | Vivid description of a scene |
| 33% | SAMSNEAD | 8 | Winner of a record 82 PGA Tour events, and a charter member of the World Golf Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |