| 100% | ELITES | 6 | Those with the greatest power and status |
| 47% | INS | 3 | Connections with the powers that be |
| 45% | SIA | 3 | Singer with the hits "The Greatest" and "Cheap Thrills" |
| 44% | LORDE | 5 | Singer with the albums "Pure Heroine" (2013) and "Solar Power" (2021) |
| 43% | NUPTIALS | 8 | Weddings and the celebrations that go with them |
| 42% | PET | 3 | Animal that goes to the vet and rhymes with "vet" |
| 42% | EROTIC | 6 | With “the,” “that power which rises from our deepest and nonrational knowledge,” per Audre Lorde |
| 41% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyric "I got me / And that's all I need" |
| 41% | PAIGNTON | 8 | Coastal town in South Devon that with Torquay and Brixham forms the borough of Torbay |
| 41% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyrics "I got me / And that's all I need" |
| 41% | CORNER | 6 | With 41-Across, corporate status symbol ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | With the greatest of ___ |
| 41% | OFEASE | 6 | "... with the greatest ___" |
| 41% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 41% | ZEAL | 4 | "Christmas is celebrated in the western hemisphere with great ___ and enthusiasm." |
| 41% | ECOL | 4 | Science that Greenpeace and the Sierra Club are concerned with: Abbr. |
| 41% | TSAR | 4 | Leader with a great deal of authority and power |
| 41% | TOHELLWITHIT | 12 | 2021 mixtape by 16-Across that with the hit singles "Just for Me," "Pain," "Passion," and 26-Across (4 wds.) |
| 41% | DIPLOMACY | 9 | Game with players as the great powers of Europe |
| 41% | BLACKPINK | 9 | Korean girl group with the hit songs "How You Like That," 17-Across, and 27-Across |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | With the greatest of ___ (effortlessly) |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | With the greatest of ___ (smoothly) |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | " ... with the greatest of ___" |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | "... with the greatest of ___" |
| 41% | CHINESE | 7 | With 27- and 36-Across, object that floated over the US in early 2023 |
| 41% | ANKA | 4 | Collaborator with Sedaka and Cooke on the 1964 album "3 Great Guys" |
| 41% | THROAT | 6 | Part of the body that's with ear and nose in ENT |
| 40% | EASE | 4 | With the greatest of ___ (without struggle) |
| 40% | ELECTORATE | 10 | Those with the right to vote |
| 40% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 36-Across, statistical feat that typically involves the number of points, rebounds, and assists |