| 100% | WASP | 4 | Target of some humor in The New Yorker |
| 50% | LIVE | 4 | Word in the corner of some news broadcasts |
| 49% | OREO | 4 | Cookie found in the glaze of some new Krispy Kreme donuts |
| 48% | IAN | 3 | Humorist Frazier frequently found in The New Yorker |
| 47% | POEM | 4 | Offering in The New Yorker |
| 47% | ESSAY | 5 | Piece in The New Yorker |
| 46% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | LASSES | 6 | Some of those who "hail the new" in "Deck the Halls" |
| 45% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor who died in The New Yorker Hotel |
| 44% | PINTILDEATAS | 12 | Targets of some beatings, spelled out in detail? |
| 43% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi in the New Jersey Hall of Fame |
| 43% | ATLOOSENDS | 10 | In the rear of some johns? |
| 42% | WRITELIKEMAD | 12 | Do humor in the style of Alfred E. Neuman? |
| 42% | WASP | 4 | Target of many a New Yorker cartoon |
| 42% | GIL | 3 | Hodges in the New York Mets Hall of Fame |
| 42% | ABRONXTALE | 10 | The New Yorker's pick for the best movie of all time? |
| 42% | GAG | 3 | Couch ___ (visual humor in the opening sequence of "The Simpsons") |
| 41% | MAE | 3 | West once dubbed the "Queen of New York" in the New Yorker |
| 41% | RATS | 4 | Target of a new czar in New York City |
| 41% | RONPAUL | 7 | Name in the news that's an anagram of OUR PLAN |
| 41% | PETRA | 5 | The New Wonder of the World located in Jordan |
| 41% | SORE | 4 | In need of some time in the 17-Across |
| 41% | DDT | 3 | Target of a 1972 ban in the U.S. |
| 41% | JUGULAR | 7 | Vein in the neck; target of vampires |
| 41% | UTICA | 5 | City in the state of New York |
| 41% | WERE | 4 | Prefix in the name of some cryptids |
| 41% | COBRAS | 6 | Reptiles in the logos of some dojos |
| 41% | CONDENAST | 9 | Publisher of The New Yorker |
| 41% | BARABBAS | 8 | Robber in the New Testament released at the Passover instead of Jesus |
| 41% | CAIAPHAS | 8 | Jewish high priest in the New Testament; son-in-law of Annas |