| 100% | PAWPRINTS | 9 | These marks show a cat's been walking on the car |
| 41% | ENGAGED | 7 | A ring on someone's left hand shows they are this |
| 39% | ROLL | 4 | "Paw Patrol is on a ___!" catchphrase from the children's show "Paw Patrol" |
| 39% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 39% | BATHMATS | 8 | These are for standing on, after a shower |
| 38% | GARY | 4 | Fictional pet on the animated TV series "SpongeBob SquarePants" that is a snail acting as if it's a cat |
| 38% | HAPPYDAYS | 9 | The Fonz was a character on which TV show |
| 38% | AFT | 3 | On a ship, this is the word for behind |
| 38% | INAPEDESTRIANSPOCKET | 20 | "The car stopped on a dime. Unfortunately, the dime was ___": Anonymous |
| 38% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Danny Tanner is the patriarch on this show |
| 37% | AGONIC | 6 | Line on the Earth's surface where the direction of magnetic north as shown on a compass is identical to true north |
| 37% | SPOTLIGHT | 9 | This shines on the star of a theater show |
| 36% | MAR | 3 | Draw hopscotch rectangles on the sidewalk, for instance, although this is a pretty curmudgeonly viewpoint |
| 36% | JUSTIFIED | 9 | Timothy Olyphant was a U.S. marshal on this show |
| 36% | BREAKIN | 7 | On a new Tesla, this period is still needed for the tires and gearbox |
| 36% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 36% | EGG | 3 | The hundred folds on a chef's toque are said to represent the number of ways to prepare this |
| 36% | SALEM | 5 | ___ Saberhagen, fictional pet on the TV series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" that is a magical talking cat |
| 35% | PESO | 4 | The head of Juan Pablo Duarte is shown on this Dominican Republic 11-sided coin |
| 35% | BLOOPER | 7 | On-camera goof that might be shown during the closing credits of a movie comedy |
| 35% | MAGIC | 5 | The Cars Top 20 hit whose video features 44-Across walking on water at a pool party in Beverly Hills |
| 35% | TREADS | 6 | Rubber patterns on the outside of a car's tire |
| 34% | WELL | 4 | "You might as ___ be walking on the sun" (Smash Mouth lyric) |
| 34% | OMEN | 4 | A black cat walking under a ladder while stepping on all the cracks in the sidewalk, e.g. |
| 34% | DENTS | 5 | Marks of hail damage on a car's hood |
| 34% | RAIN | 4 | On a spring night, you may hear the pitter-patter of this shower |
| 34% | MAYFLOWER | 9 | This September will mark the 400th anniversary of the departure of this ship on its hazardous ten week journey |
| 34% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 33% | BOSNIA | 6 | Banja Luka, on the Vrbas River, is this area's second-largest city |
| 33% | BLACKLIGHTNING | 14 | Superhero dad who was the title character on a show on a 2018-2021 CW show: 2 wds. |