| 100% | BAREXAM | 7 | Test taken by an aspiring lawyer: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BAREXAM | 7 | Test taken by those hoping to become attorneys: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROADTRIP | 8 | Excursion taken by car: 2 wds. |
| 41% | KUNGFU | 6 | Martial art practiced by an animated-movie panda: 2 wds. |
| 40% | INA | 3 | Best Performance by an Actor ___ Leading Role (Oscar category): 2 wds. |
| 40% | PAIDLEAVE | 9 | Time off taken by some new parents: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EMAILLIST | 9 | Collection of addresses used by an online marketer: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SAOIRSERONAN | 12 | Irish-American actress who played Briony, an aspiring novelist, in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GETSORE | 7 | Take offense at an insult: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CAPTAINAMERICA | 14 | Patriotic title taken by a new soldier in "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier": 2 wds. |
| 37% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by a sr. |
| 37% | PATERNITY | 9 | Test taken by possible fathers |
| 37% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by college seniors: Abbr. |
| 37% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by some college seniors |
| 37% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by some college srs. |
| 37% | ABOW | 4 | Take ___ (acknowledge an ovation): 2 wds. |
| 36% | INSIDEJOB | 9 | What a robbery that's abetted by an employee is: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by many college seniors: Abbr. |
| 36% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by some college seniors: Abbr. |
| 36% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by many M.A. seekers |
| 36% | LIKENESS | 8 | One taken by an artist |
| 36% | DEADAIM | 7 | Something taken by an archer |
| 36% | FLEABITE | 8 | Red spot caused by an insect's sting (2 wds) |
| 36% | MAGICSET | 8 | Gift for an aspiring illusionist (2 wds.) |
| 36% | APPROVING | 9 | Honors course for an aspiring lawyer? |
| 36% | IDO | 3 | Reply from someone taking an oath: 2 wds. |
| 36% | POWERGRAB | 9 | An attempt to take control: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MASSEXCOMMUNICATION | 19 | Action taken by an irate pope? |
| 35% | FLIGHT | 6 | __ path, route taken by an aircraft |
| 35% | FREEDOMRIDES | 12 | Bus trips taken by John Lewis (1940-2020) and other civil rights activists in 1961 to protest segregation: 2 wds. |