| 100% | ERG | 3 | Unit Wikipedia defines as about the amount of work of a push-up by a housefly |
| 57% | ERG | 3 | About the amount of work a housefly takes to do a push-up |
| 44% | ERG | 3 | About the amount of work used when one fly does one push-up! |
| 36% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 36% | RADS | 4 | Unit defined as a dose causing 100 ergs of energy to be absorbed by one gram of matter |
| 35% | MINORITYLEADER | 14 | Original title of a nonfiction work by 45-Across republished as "Lead from the Outside" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MILLIHELEN | 10 | Facetious unit defined as the amount of beauty needed to launch one ship |
| 34% | SNOWED | 6 | __ under, overwhelmed by the amount of work |
| 33% | TRUCKLOAD | 9 | The amount of goods transported by a semi |
| 33% | EYE | 3 | "The Bluest ___," 1970 novel written by Toni Morrison which is about a young girl growing up during the years of Great Depression |
| 32% | TORR | 4 | Pressure unit defined as one seven hundred and sixtieth of a standard atmosphere |
| 32% | MILLIMETER | 10 | Metric unit about the thickness of a credit card |
| 32% | BYEBYEBYE | 9 | *Hit by *NSYNC about the end of a relationship |
| 32% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 32% | THISLOVE | 8 | "1989 (Taylor's Version)" song about the ups and downs of a relationship (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 31% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Nonfiction work by 29-Across adapted as a 2020 film of the same name starring Frances McDormand directed by 15-Across |
| 31% | UNREEL | 6 | The opposite of wind up, as with a fishing line |
| 31% | DAM | 3 | Clog up, as the flow of a river |
| 31% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 30% | BYRONIC | 7 | Like moody Romantic heroes, as first described in the works of a British lord |
| 30% | IAMCAIT | 7 | E! reality series about the post-transition life of a “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” cast member |
| 30% | WELCOME | 7 | "___ to Wrexham" (FX documentary series about the purchase of a U.K. football club by American actors) |
| 30% | CART | 4 | Item at the entrance of a supermarket to push around and fill up with groceries |
| 30% | NEUTRALTONES | 12 | 1867 melancholic poem written by Thomas Hardy about the end of a relationship: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROCK | 4 | "30 ___," satirical sitcom about the behind the scenes of a live sketch comedy show created by and starring Tina Fey |
| 30% | TAM | 3 | Alternate name for the traditional weight unit defined by "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole", now fixed at 60 kilograms |
| 30% | SEAMEN | 6 | A person who works as a sailor who is below the rank of officer |
| 30% | EROTICA | 7 | Works by Anne Rice under the pen name of A. N. Roquelaure, e.g. |
| 30% | MACBETH | 7 | "The Tragedy of ___" tragedy by Shakespeare about a Scottish general seeking the throne |