| 100% | KAKAMORA | 8 | The tiny tribe of pirates met by Moana and Maui |
| 37% | CASEYSTENGEL | 12 | Wearer of uniform #37, retired by both the Yankees and the Mets |
| 36% | TREASUREMAP | 11 | Pirate's guide that's hinted at phonetically by the starts of 17-, 29- and 44-Across |
| 34% | OTOE | 4 | Tribe met by Lewis and Clark |
| 32% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |
| 32% | CAPEHORN | 8 | Meeting point of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| 31% | TAPESTRIES | 10 | The Met's "Hunt of the Unicorn" and others |
| 31% | OTOE | 4 | Early tribe met by Lewis and Clark |
| 31% | OTOE | 4 | First tribe met by Lewis and Clark |
| 31% | NYC | 3 | Loc. of the Met and the Mets |
| 31% | PENZANCE | 8 | Gilbert and Sullivan operetta: The Pirates of __ |
| 31% | PENZANCE | 8 | Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of __ |
| 31% | RIDES | 5 | Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean |
| 31% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 31% | SHEA | 4 | Old home of the Mets and the Jets |
| 31% | NYC | 3 | Home of the Mets and the Yankees, briefly |
| 31% | NYC | 3 | Hometown of the Knicks, Mets, and Islanders: Abbr. |
| 31% | SHEA | 4 | ___ Stadium (former home of the Mets and Jets) |
| 30% | NEWWAVE | 7 | The 1970s genre of music sang by Devo and A-ha |
| 30% | ONO | 3 | The Yoko of "Dear Yoko" and "Oh Yoko!" by 18-Across |
| 30% | NYC | 3 | Home of the Met and the Mets, in brief |
| 30% | ENDEAVOUR | 9 | Led by Lord Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean |
| 30% | EAST | 4 | National League division of the Phillies and the Mets |
| 30% | AGRIPPINA | 9 | Name shared by the mothers of Caligula and Nero |
| 30% | LUKE | 4 | Character met by Rey in the final scene of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" |
| 30% | ZEN | 3 | "___ and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," book by Robert M. Pirsig |
| 30% | WESER | 5 | River formed by the junction of the Fulda and Werra |
| 30% | HIPS | 4 | Joints at the meeting of the thigh bone and pelvis |
| 30% | OTOE | 4 | First Indian tribe met by Lewis and Clark |
| 30% | TWIST | 5 | 1960s dance characterised by gyrations of the arms and hips |