| 100% | PRESERVER | 9 | Vishnu is this, just as Brahma is the creator |
| 47% | FANTASY | 7 | "Is this the real life? Is this just __?" |
| 45% | MONALISA | 8 | The painting La Gioconda is better known as this |
| 45% | GSHARP | 6 | A flat is the same as this |
| 43% | THESAURI | 8 | Hustling is the same as cheating, according to these authorities |
| 42% | GRENADA | 7 | This Caribbean island is known as the Spice Isle |
| 41% | EGGPLANT | 8 | This veggie is known as an aubergine in the UK |
| 41% | NEWYORK | 7 | This city is seen as the birthplace of hip hop |
| 41% | MINI | 4 | This one was made with "I" as the only vowel |
| 41% | MAEWEST | 7 | “When I was born with this face, it was the same as strikin’ oil” speaker |
| 41% | ASPEN | 5 | The world's largest organism by mass, known as Pando, is this type of tree |
| 41% | TWIG | 4 | "Just as the ___ is bent... " |
| 41% | COCONUT | 7 | Palm fruit ... or what the creator of this puzzle's theme apparently is? |
| 41% | WOODYALLENFILMS | 15 | What the answers to starred clues are (their creator turned 85 this month) |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 41% | YOUNG | 5 | The Stingray Nebula has to be considered this, as far a nebulae go |
| 40% | SNOOKER | 7 | 147 is seen as the maximum break in this game |
| 40% | HONESTY | 7 | Billy Joel ballad with the lyrics "But if you look for truthfulness / You might just as well be blind" |
| 40% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely with the memoir "Just As I Am" |
| 40% | GOONIE | 6 | Wisdom, the world's oldest known wild bird (69) was commonly known as this species |
| 39% | ABC | 3 | According to The Jackson 5, this is as easy as 123 |
| 39% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | FATAH | 5 | Mahmoud Abbas is the chairman of this group, formerly known as the Palestinian National Liberation Movement |
| 39% | UNAFFECTED | 10 | Just as it was before |
| 39% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely who wrote the 2021 memoir "Just As I Am" |
| 39% | POILU | 5 | Lazare Ponticelli (1897-2008) is recognized by France as being the last of these soldiers from WWI |
| 38% | TYSON | 5 | Actress Cicely who wrote the 2021 memoir "Just As I Am" |
| 38% | BATTINGAVERAGE | 14 | Josh Gibson is now recognized as the Major League career leader in this statistic, with .372: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANDERSON | 8 | George Lee ___, former second baseman with the Phillies who may be dressing up as "Captain Hook" this Halloween? |
| 38% | SMITH | 5 | Ozzie ___, former San Diego Padres shortstop who may be dressing up as the "Wizard of Oz" this Halloween? |