| 100% | MILK | 4 | What some formulas are based on |
| 79% | TEALEAVES | 9 | What some predictions are based on |
| 64% | MERIT | 5 | What some college scholarships are based on |
| 61% | NEED | 4 | What many scholarships are based on |
| 61% | SPEC | 4 | What some homes are built on |
| 61% | SPEC | 4 | What some houses are built on |
| 59% | TRUESTORIES | 11 | Some movies are based on them |
| 55% | PIZZASTONES | 11 | What some pies may be baked on |
| 55% | ODDS | 4 | What payoffs are based on |
| 55% | UNIX | 4 | What macOS is based on |
| 54% | SAND | 4 | What some castles on the beach are made of |
| 50% | USAGE | 5 | What an electric bill is based on |
| 50% | USAGE | 5 | What a water bill is based on |
| 50% | USAGE | 5 | What a utility bill is based on |
| 49% | UNREASON | 8 | What some people think that believing in UFOs or zombies is based on |
| 47% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Familiar slogan ... or, based on its last word, what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 47% | COOLCAT | 7 | Hipster, and based on their initials, what each of 16-, 22-, 52- and 61-Across is? |
| 47% | AVATAR | 6 | Some attractions at Animal Kingdom are based on this movie |
| 46% | ECOWARRIORS | 11 | Based on a common feature of their names, what 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across are well-suited to be? |
| 46% | PAPERCARRIERS | 13 | Morning news deliverers ... or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? |
| 46% | PREMISE | 7 | What a movie or an argument is based on |
| 46% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 46% | ARGYLLE | 7 | 2024 movie based on a book by Elly Conway (which some claim is a pseudonym for Taylor Swift) |
| 45% | ILIAD | 5 | "King Priam" is based on it |
| 45% | LAME | 4 | What some excuses are |
| 45% | SOAP | 4 | What some cakes are |
| 45% | RANDOM | 6 | What some chances are |
| 45% | CLEAN | 5 | What some sweeps are |
| 45% | REGAL | 5 | What some bearings are |
| 45% | ADS | 3 | What some pitches are |