| 100% | METAVERSE | 9 | Virtual reality world based on blockchain technology that was endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg in 2022 |
| 29% | TOKEN | 5 | "Non-Fungible ___," a blockchain technology that boomed in 2022 |
| 29% | RFID | 4 | Tracking technology that is based on electromagnetic fields: Abbr. |
| 27% | ISHEDEAD | 8 | 1898 play by Mark Twain that opened on Broadway in 2007 |
| 27% | BRAZIL | 6 | Copacabana's nation that is participating in Fifa World Cup 2022 |
| 27% | ENGLAND | 7 | Cambridge's country that is participating in FIFA World Cup 2022 |
| 27% | SPAIN | 5 | Madrid's country that is participating in FIFA World Cup 2022 |
| 27% | ARGENTINA | 9 | Buenos Aires' country that is participating in FIFA World Cup 2022 |
| 27% | GERMANY | 7 | Berlin's country that is participating in FIFA World Cup 2022 |
| 26% | RICA | 4 | Costa ___, San Jose's nation that is participating in Fifa World Cup 2022 |
| 26% | GAME | 4 | "___ of Thrones," TV series that will begin taking the world by storm in 2011 |
| 26% | LANE | 4 | Path on a road that is marked by street lines |
| 25% | DIRECTION | 9 | One ___, British boy band that was formed on the reality show "The X Factor" in 2010 |
| 25% | ALIENS | 6 | "Cowboys & ___," 2011 Daniel Craig movie that is based on a graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg |
| 25% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Reality singing show that Zayn Malik was a contestant on in 2010: 3 wds. |
| 25% | DIAGNOSIS | 9 | Documentary web TV series based on The New York Times Magazine column that was released in 2019 |
| 25% | MASK | 4 | "The ___," 1994 Jim Carrey movie that is based on a comic book series by Dark Horse Comics |
| 25% | MOUNTAIN | 8 | "Cold ___," epic period film with a "frigid" title that is based on a novel by Charles Frazier |
| 25% | STRAY | 5 | 2022 adventure game that follows a cat who is lost in a post-apocalyptic world |
| 24% | AMERICANGRIT | 12 | Fox reality show based on military training that's hosted by 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | "Walk On By" singer who has a solo in "We Are the World": 2 wds. |
| 24% | LANE | 4 | "Firefly ___," show starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke as friends that is based on the eponymous novel by Kristin Hannah |
| 24% | LES | 3 | "___ Miserables," musical based on Victor Hugo's novel that is one of the longest-running musicals in the West End |
| 24% | CARROLL | 7 | Alice in Wonderland is based on books by Lewis __ |
| 24% | COLETTEPARIS | 12 | A French boutique that was endorsed by musician Pharrell Williams: 2 wds. |
| 24% | BELLS | 5 | "Jingle ___," iconic Christmas carol that was the first song played on musical instruments in space by Gemini 6 astronauts in 1965 |
| 23% | FINAL | 5 | "Is that your ___ answer?", catchphrase used by Regis Philbin on the reality show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" |
| 23% | LCD | 3 | Screen technology that is being replaced by LEDs: Abbr. |
| 23% | ODYSSEUS | 8 | Robot that landed on the moon in February 2024, marking the first moon landing by a private company |
| 23% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Novel by Michael Crichton on which the sequel to 26a which was released in 1997 was based: 3 wds. |