| 100% | CAN | 3 | Warhol painted one of these 32 times for his first one-man gallery exhibition in the Ferus Gallery in 1962 |
| 35% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 33% | ELSA | 4 | One of two Disney characters singing "For the First Time in Forever" |
| 33% | OLYMPIC | 7 | The first modern one of these games was in Greece |
| 32% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | TRY | 3 | Wales' Josh Adams scored one of these seven times in the 2019 Rugby World Cup |
| 32% | VLADIMIR | 8 | One of the men waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 31% | SHAZAM | 6 | One of the many exclamations improvised by Tobey Maguire when Spider-Man tries web-shooting for the first time |
| 31% | VCR | 3 | The first commercial one of these was introduced by Ampex in 1956 and cost roughly $50,000 |
| 30% | JET | 3 | The Lippisch Ente was the first one of these to fly, in 1928 |
| 30% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 30% | ATM | 3 | Installation of October 1997 in Canada's capital was the world's first talking one of these |
| 30% | CEL | 3 | In 1989 one of these from the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was sold at Sotheby's for $50,600 |
| 30% | BJORN | 5 | One of the Bs in musical supergroup ABBA stands for "Benny" and the other B stands for this |
| 29% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 29% | LEI | 3 | The record for the world's longest one of these, at 5,336 feet, was set in Honolulu at Kapiolani Park in 2008 |
| 29% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Sign of the Times": 2 wds. |
| 29% | PSALM | 5 | The first one begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 29% | NOUNDERWEAR | 11 | Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 29% | COEDS | 5 | Some University of Virginia undergrads in 1969, for the first time |
| 29% | JAN | 3 | First one of the twelve in the whole year (abbr.) |
| 28% | STANLEYTUCCI | 12 | Two time Emmy winner for his films "Winchell" and "Monk", who plays the role of Merlin, in 30a : 2 wds. |
| 28% | JOSEFELICIANO | 13 | His 1970 song "Feliz Navidad" hit the top 10 for the first time ever in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Napoleon ___, one of the greatest conquerors of all time who is studied in military schools to this day |
| 28% | ESTRAGON | 8 | One of the men waiting for Godot |
| 28% | URNS | 4 | At the Jiahu Archeological Site in China, discovered in 1962, 32 of these items from the Peiligang culture have been discovered |
| 28% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | His 1958 song "Run Rudolph Run" hit the top 10 for the first time ever in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KMART | 5 | The first one opened in Detroit in 1962 |
| 28% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who became the first one of Egyptian heritage to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |