| 100% | CUT | 3 | The "Lesedi La Rona" was sold as is in 2017 and was then destined to be ___ |
| 40% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Superhero film "Thor: ___," which is a sequel to the "Thor" films, and released in 2017 |
| 39% | PLANE | 5 | Playful paper projects! Flight that may be created as an origami craft, and used by kids to pretend-fly in the air |
| 38% | CLASS | 5 | Remember the first time you were chosen as the ___ monitor (student leader) and got to be in charge for the day? Best. Day. Ever! |
| 38% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | American golfer who won the 2017 Open Championship and was runner-up to 49-Across in the 2021 Open Championship (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ROY | 3 | British singer Wood who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of ELO |
| 36% | MOTOROLA | 8 | ___ Mobility, telecommunications company acquired by Google in 2012 which was then sold to Lenovo in 2014 |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | The ___, what Neo was destined to be in the film "The Matrix" |
| 35% | CHANGEHANDS | 11 | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 35% | OUTRANK | 7 | Be superior to, as in the military |
| 35% | HUM | 3 | ___, Croatian settlement and European attraction known to be the smallest town in the world |
| 35% | BABOON | 6 | Rafiki is referred to as one in The Lion King |
| 35% | KOBEBRYANT | 10 | LA Lakers legend fondly remembered as "Black Mamba" who is the only player in NBA history to have two jersey numbers retired by the same team: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PTL | 3 | Name of the cable network sold in bankruptcy (1989) to Morris Cerullo World Evangelism that is now known as "INSP", HQed in South Carolina |
| 34% | AZERA | 5 | Korean sedan to be discontinued in the U.S. after 2017 |
| 34% | EQUALS | 6 | Comes to, or is the same as, in math |
| 34% | MAIDS | 5 | Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing were referred to as "Three little ___ from school" in "The Mikado" |
| 34% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird believed in Roman and medieval times, to be able to look directly into the sun |
| 34% | RYE | 3 | Bread made from this grain is higher in fiber and flavor as compared to white bread |
| 34% | STARS | 5 | Kendrick Lamar and SZA's superhit song "All the ___" which was released in 2018 as the lead single to the soundtrack album for "Black Panther" |
| 34% | ROD | 3 | ___ Stewart, one of only three artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame first as a solo artist and then as a member of a band |
| 34% | SERPENT | 7 | Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis |
| 33% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom a fish native to the Orinoco was named in 2017 |
| 33% | OSC | 3 | Henry Kerner was confirmed by the US Senate in 2017 to be the executive of this agency (abbr.) |
| 33% | ATEST | 5 | Event that could be seen as far away as Las Vegas in the '50s |
| 33% | RESTORING | 9 | Eliminating the effects of wear and tear on, as was done to 38-Across |
| 33% | BROWNS | 6 | Cleveland ___, NFL team that moved and was rebranded as the Baltimore Ravens in 1996 |
| 33% | WELSH | 5 | Language in which "dd" and "ff" are treated as single letters of the alphabet |
| 33% | GRANDFATHER | 11 | What 18-Across is, to the other protagonist, Morty Smith, in "Rick and Morty" |
| 33% | SUZANNEROGERS | 13 | Actress who joined the cast of "Days of Our Lives" in 1973 and is still appearing as Maggie Horton: 2 wds. |