| 100% | SACRA | 5 | Via ___, ancient Rome's main street that led from the top of the Capitoline Hill to the Colosseum |
| 36% | TARPEIANROCK | 12 | Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome from which traitors were thrown to their deaths |
| 31% | SACRA | 5 | Via ___ (main street of ancient Rome) |
| 30% | BATS | 4 | Mammals that hang from the top of a cave |
| 30% | REDSCARE | 8 | Panic that led to the blacklisting of the Hollywood Ten |
| 29% | THEELEPHANTMAN | 14 | 1980 film that led to the creation of the Academy Award for Best Makeup |
| 29% | ARABSPRING | 10 | Series of uprisings that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak |
| 29% | SCR | 3 | Annual law journal that covers the legal implications of decisions from the bench of the nation's top jurists (abbr.) |
| 28% | CEDILLA | 7 | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois that softens the sound from that of k to s |
| 28% | FALSEHOOD | 9 | "___ of the tongue leads to that of the heart": Jefferson |
| 28% | OSTIA | 5 | Town that served as the port of ancient Rome |
| 28% | AERIALSHOT | 10 | Type of photo that led to the "Streisand effect" |
| 28% | ASIA | 4 | Continent that's home to most of the world's top rice-producing countries |
| 28% | SETUP | 5 | Part of a joke that leads to the punch line |
| 27% | APPIANWAY | 9 | Ancient Roman road leading from Rome to Brindisi |
| 27% | TEN | 3 | Roll that could get you from one corner of a Monopoly board to the next |
| 27% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| 27% | APPIANWAY | 9 | Ancient long road that extended from Rome to Brindisi |
| 27% | SPS | 3 | CERN facility that's 4.3 miles in circumference that led to the Nobel-winning discoveries of the W and Z bosons (abbr.) |
| 27% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Ancient citadel on top of a hill, the __ of Athens |
| 27% | BREASTED | 8 | Got to the top of, as a hill |
| 26% | DUMBARTON | 9 | __ Oaks, conference that led to founding of the UN |
| 26% | TWOHUMANBEANS | 13 | Couple of favas that mysteriously sprouted limbs, leaving footprints leading from the legume field? |
| 26% | MAINDIAGONAL | 12 | Line of numbers from the top left to bottom right, in an algebraic matrix |
| 26% | HAIL | 4 | Pellets of ice from the sky that could cause damage to buildings and cars |
| 26% | RINSECYCLE | 10 | Part of washing ... or what's exhibited by the circled letters from top to bottom |
| 26% | MAN | 3 | "He-___ and the Masters of the Universe," animated series that ran from 1983 to 1985 |
| 26% | YELLOW | 6 | Color of the road that led to the Wizard of Oz |
| 26% | PREY | 4 | Animal that's not at the top of the food chain |
| 26% | BIRDCAGE | 8 | __ Walk, London street to the S of St James's Park |