| 100% | LANINA | 6 | Weather phenomenon with a more famous “brother” |
| 60% | ELNINO | 6 | Weather phenomenon with a Spanish name |
| 58% | ELNINO | 6 | Weather phenomenon with a Spanish name (2 wds.) |
| 56% | ELNINO | 6 | Pacific weather phenomenon with a Spanish name: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ELNINO | 6 | Pacific weather phenomenon with a Spanish name (2 wds.) |
| 49% | TOPOL | 5 | Famous player of a milkman with many daughters |
| 48% | THUNDER | 7 | "Thor: Love and ___," superhero film with a weather phenomenon that may "clap" |
| 46% | CATS | 4 | "Raining ___ and dogs," idiom with a natural phenomenon that is used to describe torrential weather |
| 45% | ICESTORM | 8 | Weather phenomenon with freezing rain |
| 45% | BITTERER | 8 | With a more pungent flavor |
| 45% | ESTATED | 7 | With a many-acre home |
| 44% | STORMS | 6 | Weather phenomena with thunder and lightning |
| 43% | FBI | 3 | Org. with a Most Wanted list |
| 43% | FBI | 3 | Grp. with a Most Wanted list |
| 43% | OREO | 4 | Cookie with a Most Stuf variety |
| 43% | DEA | 3 | Agcy. with a Most Wanted list |
| 43% | GROUCHO | 7 | Most famous Marx brother |
| 42% | AMA | 3 | Org. with a much-quoted journal |
| 42% | AMA | 3 | Org. with a much-cited journal |
| 42% | ROEPER | 6 | Richard with a much-used thumb |
| 42% | FBI | 3 | Agency with a most wanted list: Abbr. |
| 42% | FBI | 3 | Organization with a Most Wanted list: Abbr. |
| 42% | ERITREA | 7 | African nation with a much-disputed border |
| 42% | PEPSI | 5 | Company with a much-derided protest ad |
| 41% | BARBENHEIMER | 12 | Blockbuster phenomenon with a portmanteau name (July, 2023) |
| 41% | GIF | 3 | Image file type with a much-debated pronunciation |
| 41% | GIF | 3 | Image-file type with a much debated pronunciation |
| 41% | TORTOISE | 8 | Cousin of the turtle with a more rounded shell |
| 41% | HEAT | 4 | With 53-Across, weather phenomenon with trapped warmth, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | MARRIAGESTORY | 13 | 2019 film with a much memed wall-punching scene |