| 100% | ABOMINABLE | 10 | Term coined in 1921 from the Tibetan phrase "metoh-kangmi", when metoh was misspelled as "metch", then misinterpreted as "filthy" |
| 26% | SYNC | 4 | When something is in the same rhythm as another, for short |
| 26% | ANON | 4 | When Juliet tells the Nurse she will come in from the balcony |
| 26% | AT2AM | 5 | When clocks are changed back from D.S.T. in the fall |
| 26% | ASTEROID | 8 | Rocky remnant in space from when the Solar System was formed |
| 25% | SPECTRAL | 8 | ___ lines, spooky-sounding term for the colored bands that appear when light is split in physics |
| 25% | WHEY | 4 | Watery liquid that separates from the curd when milk is clotted in cheesemaking |
| 25% | CUT | 3 | The "Lesedi La Rona" was sold as is in 2017 and was then destined to be ___ |
| 25% | JUNE | 4 | Month when emancipation from slavery is celebrated in the US |
| 24% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |
| 24% | IWIN | 4 | Gleeful cry when the coin flip is in your favor: 2 wds. |
| 24% | JAMMING | 7 | "The band was in the midst of a ___ session when they received a call from the record label" |
| 23% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 23% | FEB | 3 | Month in 2021 when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was chosen as the first woman Director-General of WTO (for short) |
| 23% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that the notes in its limits be played smoothly, as one phrase |
| 22% | NEPTUNE | 7 | Planet in the Solar System that is at 8th position from the Sun and that can become as cold as -330*F |
| 22% | LANE | 4 | "Life in the Fast ___," song co-written by Joe Walsh which was the third single released from the same album as 15a |
| 22% | PROHIBITION | 11 | Period from 1920-33 in the US when the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquor was banned |
| 22% | NOV | 3 | When Thanksgiving is, in the US: Abbr. |
| 22% | FIREBIRD | 8 | Pontiac ___ Trans Am, car that was featured as the artificially intelligent car in the TV series "Knight Rider" that ran from 1982-1986 |
| 22% | FRIDERIC | 8 | George ___ Handel, composer from the Baroque era who was born in the same year as 31a and has composed more than 40 operas |
| 22% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 22% | AOK | 3 | Phrase popularized by Lt. Col. Shorty Powers when he worked for NASA in the sixties as the "voice of Mercury Control" |
| 22% | HYMNSHEET | 9 | Be in total agreement, singing from the same __ |
| 22% | SANKA | 5 | Brand whose name is derived from the French phrase "sans caféine" |
| 22% | LIMA | 4 | "She put the 'Miss' in 'misdemeanor' when she stole the beans from ___" ("Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" lyric) |
| 22% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 22% | LOWTIDE | 7 | When the sea is the furthest from the shore |
| 22% | LOWTIDE | 7 | When the sea edge is furthest from the shore |
| 21% | BELL | 4 | "The ___ doesn't dismiss you, I do!" phrase to keep students in class until the lesson is over that you have probably heard from your teacher |