| 100% | RATRACE | 7 | Term to describe cut-throat competition in life to get ahead: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SPINNER | 7 | Way to get ahead in Life? |
| 39% | AIMAT | 5 | Get ready to shoot in the direction of: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TAGUP | 5 | Get ready to run, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 38% | INRE | 4 | With respect to, in legal terms: 2 wds. |
| 38% | INRE | 4 | "With respect to," in legal terms: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to get a hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EMMASTONE | 9 | Actress who got to know the real-life Billie Jean King while portraying her in "Battle of the Sexes": 2 wds. |
| 36% | REDSKELTON | 10 | Comedian who got an Honorary Doctorate (said to be in "Foolology") from Ball State: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress who stars in 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAGGIEHASSAN | 12 | New Hampshire governor elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 35% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | California attorney general elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PETSEMATARY | 11 | Horror novel where animals come back to life (and which has a misspelled word in the title): 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" actress who played Reva in "Boyz n the Hood": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MOTORSPEEDWAY | 13 | Indianapolis ___, the race track to have claimed the most number of lives in Formula One : 2 wds. |
| 34% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to get a hit, in baseball (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ALIE | 4 | Get caught in ___: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TAMMYDUCKWORTH | 14 | Illinois congresswoman and Iraq War veteran elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEMUSEUM | 9 | "Night at ___," trilogy of comedy films starring Ben Stiller, where characters come to life in the night: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" actress who starred in "American Horror Story: Freak Show": 2 wds. |
| 34% | AROW | 4 | Get your ducks in ___: 2 wds. |
| 33% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | Singer of "My Life Would Suck Without You," which jumped 96 spots to #1 on the charts in one week in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 33% | MEDIEVAL | 8 | Term used to describe the Middle Ages in Europe |
| 33% | ASFOR | 5 | In regard to: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SOMEPIG | 7 | First message spun in 30-Across to describe 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | INRE | 4 | Legal case citation term to mean "in the matter of": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played rock star Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALLI | 4 | "You're ___ Need to Get By": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LIESDOWN | 8 | Gets in position for a nap: 2 wds. |