| 100% | BALI | 4 | Tripadvisor's best destination in the world for 2021 |
| 47% | SACHA | 5 | ___ Jafri, British artist who created the world's largest canvas painting that was sold for $62 million in 2021 |
| 47% | PRSTUNT | 7 | Carlsberg's "Probably not the best beer in the world" campaign, for one |
| 45% | BUD | 3 | The world's best-selling beer, for short |
| 43% | INDONESIA | 9 | The world's oldest cave art was found here in 2021 |
| 42% | STAYHIGH | 8 | Brittany Howard song that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 42% | VMAS | 4 | Where Olivia Rodrigo won Best New Artist and Song of the Year in 2021, for short |
| 42% | CSI | 3 | Most-watched TV drama in the world for a record six years |
| 41% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Singer whose "Peaches" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASTRO | 5 | Brave's opponent in the 2021 World Series |
| 41% | SALLYROONEY | 11 | Novelist whose "Beautiful World, Where Are You" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 41% | AWHOLE | 6 | "___ New World," song from "Aladdin" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FIGHTFORYOU | 11 | "Judas and the Black Messiah" song that won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2021 (3 wds.) |
| 41% | GREATWALL | 9 | Longest built structure in the world as of 2021 |
| 40% | MICHELLEZAUNER | 14 | Singer whose memoir "Crying in H Mart" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir & Autobiography (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BAHT | 4 | Official currency of Thailand which was also the world's best performing currency in 2018 |
| 40% | LOSERS | 6 | Astros, in the 2021 World Series |
| 40% | NGOR | 4 | Haing S —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Killing Fields |
| 40% | COLINFIRTH | 10 | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The King's Speech |
| 40% | RITA | 4 | Actress Moreno who presented the Oscar for Best Picture in 2021 |
| 39% | IPO | 3 | Debut in the financial world, for short |
| 39% | MEE | 3 | Arthur —, journalist born in 1875 best known for The Children's Encyclopaedia |
| 39% | FIONAAPPLE | 10 | Art pop singer-songwriter who won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2021 for "Fetch the Bolt Cutters": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ITALIAN | 7 | Born in the country best known for pizza |
| 39% | DAYS | 4 | "Around the World in 80 ___," 2021 TV series |
| 39% | DINO | 4 | Beast in the latest "Jurassic World," for short |
| 39% | NAS | 3 | Winner of the 2021 Grammy for Best Rap Album for "King's Disease" |
| 39% | ITISWHATITIS | 12 | Album by 41-Across featuring 17-Across that won the Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album in 2021 (5 wds.) |