| 100% | OORTCLOUD | 9 | The "Whipple Mission", proposed in 2014, would have investigated this distant theorized area of the sun's neighborhood |
| 33% | SONES | 5 | Sounds in the area of 256 of these, will cause hearing damage |
| 30% | COOPERSTOWN | 11 | Baseball Hall of Fame site where each of the managers in this puzzle will be inducted on July 27, 2014 |
| 28% | PLO | 3 | John Bolton announced the closure of this foreign mission in September 2018 due to it pushing to investigate Israel for war crimes |
| 28% | MACH | 4 | The X-15 generates this number in the area of 6 |
| 28% | COAL | 4 | U.S. production of this has gone from 1000 million tons to 756 million tons in 2014-18 |
| 28% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 28% | LONDON | 6 | "Fun fact! 20a and this city in England will have hosted the Olympics thrice!" |
| 28% | BREATH | 6 | *Brrr* Dragon's ___, try this frozen dessert dipped in liquid nitrogen that will give the illusion of the dessert's name |
| 28% | OPLACETOGO | 10 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have |
| 28% | NSO | 3 | Public res. inst., HQed in Boulder, whose mission is to advance understanding of the sun |
| 28% | COMING | 6 | With 5-Across, arriving in the area in the vein of this week's visitor |
| 27% | AVE | 3 | Pompeii's "House of the Faun" had a "welcome mat" in the entranceway with an informal version of this word inscribed |
| 27% | LATERAL | 7 | The December 9, 2018 "Miracle in Miami" had the Dolphins making this type of pass |
| 27% | TAN | 3 | Color of skin that has been in the sun for a long time |
| 27% | PRIMETIMEEMMY | 13 | What each of the programs in this puzzle has won at least once |
| 27% | RAY | 3 | Line in a kid's drawing of the Sun |
| 27% | RAY | 3 | Line in a child's drawing of the sun |
| 27% | SHINES | 6 | Has one's moment in the sun |
| 27% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 26% | WEALTH | 6 | Living in the lap of luxury means one has this |
| 26% | TAU | 3 | In the system of Greek numerals this letter has a value of 300 |
| 26% | EYE | 3 | Crustaceans in the genus Cyclops have only one of this organ |
| 26% | PERU | 4 | Most distant source of the Amazon is located on the Cordillera Rumi Cruz in this country |
| 26% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 26% | CANADA | 6 | Most of the world's lakes are in this country |
| 26% | TOE | 3 | This feature of the Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau, has retreated about 1.75 miles in the last 90 years |
| 26% | ROAD | 4 | In the city of Ur you could have walked along a paved one of these 6,000 years ago |
| 26% | AMENDMENTS | 10 | The U.S. Constitution has of 27 these |
| 26% | RAINBOW | 7 | Colorful arc in the sky, that will encompass some of the beautiful hues mentioned in this puzzle |