| 100% | RSE | 3 | Trading org. located in Kigali that opened in Jan., 2011 and by June of this year had a market listing of nine companies on its books |
| 31% | COTTON | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a type of fabric and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 28% | LEU | 3 | Coin found in Tirasol that has the horn of an aurochs and a female figure of the moon on it |
| 27% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 27% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a sweetener and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 27% | PEACH | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a cobbler fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 27% | ORANGE | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a citrus fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 27% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 27% | UNITED | 6 | Manchester ___ F.C., premier league club that features a ship in full sail on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |
| 26% | CMA | 3 | Org. that awarded Taylor Swift "Entertainer of the Year" in 2009 and 2011 |
| 26% | ROESELARE | 9 | City in West Flanders, Belgium that has a black Cross of Lorraine on its coat of arms |
| 26% | YOUREMUTED | 10 | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
| 26% | BASS | 4 | ___ Pro Shops, sporting goods company that has a type of fish in its logo |
| 25% | TIBER | 5 | Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 BC on the banks of this river |
| 25% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 25% | DIGITALDIVIDE | 13 | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 25% | CMA | 3 | Nashville org. that hasn’t named a female Entertainer of the Year since Taylor Swift, in 2011 |
| 25% | NECK | 4 | Word used on both sides of "and" to make a common phrase meaning "a close contest," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 25% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |
| 25% | CAVA | 4 | One of Scotland's smaller Orkney Islands whose name means "calf" and that has just a lighthouse on it |
| 24% | DREAM | 5 | "Teenage ___," third studio album by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011 |
| 24% | TESLAS | 6 | Cars which had a beta software release in April this year, that now allows automatic recognition and stopping at stop signs |
| 24% | ARSENAL | 7 | ___ F.C., Islington-based club that features a cannon on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |
| 24% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | "The Bird-catcher and the ___," a popular fable by 38-Down that has a traditional tune in the Isle of Man |
| 24% | WGA | 3 | Org. that went on strike over what its leaders called “existential issues,” including residuals and the use of generative A.I. (May-September, 2023) |
| 24% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande that won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year in 2020 |
| 24% | ASTON | 5 | ___ Villa F.C., premier league club that features a lion on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |
| 24% | CHELSEA | 7 | ___ F.C., premier league club that features a blue lion on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |
| 24% | TOTTENHAM | 9 | ___ Hotspur F.C., premier league club that features a cockerel on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |
| 24% | LIVERPOOL | 9 | ___ F.C., premier league club that features a liver bird on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |