| 100% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese holiday whose full name translates to "festival of the first day" |
| 45% | UKE | 3 | Brief name of the instrument whose full name roughly translates to "jumping flea" |
| 44% | OREGANO | 7 | Herb whose name translates to "brightness of the mountain" in Classical Greek |
| 43% | ORCAS | 5 | Predators whose genus name translates to "of the kingdom of the dead" |
| 40% | SANAALATHAN | 11 | "The Best Man Holiday" star whose first name is the capital of Yemen: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TETS | 4 | ''Festivals of the first day'' |
| 38% | TET | 3 | First day of spring, to Vietnamese |
| 37% | TET | 3 | Holiday celebrating the first day of spring |
| 36% | DEN | 3 | Pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt whose mother was believed to be Merneith |
| 36% | VIRGINIA | 8 | First name of To the Lighthouse author Woolf |
| 35% | NEIL | 4 | First name of the first man to walk on the moon |
| 35% | MARIE | 5 | First name of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 35% | SANTINO | 7 | Full first name of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather |
| 35% | TIANANMEN | 9 | Beijing monument whose name translates to "gate of heavenly peace" |
| 35% | TREE | 4 | "On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear ___..." |
| 34% | MAGHREB | 7 | Region whose name translates to "the place where the sun sets" |
| 34% | AMAL | 4 | First name of the lawyer married to George Clooney |
| 34% | TONI | 4 | First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 34% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 34% | MON | 3 | First day of the week, for short (start to 15a, 30a, 41a, 42a, 47a, 19d, and 22d) |
| 34% | SWF | 3 | Personal ad letters whose full form is the name of a 1992 Bridget Fonda thriller |
| 33% | EDNA | 4 | First name of the poet whose "candle burns at both ends" |
| 33% | ALEX | 4 | First name of the host of "Jeopardy!" from 1984 to 2021 |
| 33% | SPIRO | 5 | First name of the second vice president to resign from office |
| 33% | OLYMPIADUKAKIS | 14 | "Moonstruck" actress whose first name is the capital of Washington: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | First name of the cartoon character whose best friend is Patrick Star |
| 33% | SALADATEA | 9 | Drink brand whose first five letters spell the name of a food |
| 33% | RUTH | 4 | First name of the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court |
| 33% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 33% | PAM | 3 | Girl's nickname that becomes its full name when you attach "ela" to the end of it |