| 100% | TRIO | 4 | What the holy group of three in 26a can be called |
| 45% | \"MYPRECIOUS\" | 14 | What the ring in "The Lord of the Rings" is called |
| 45% | ARMY | 4 | What the fandom of pop group BTS is called |
| 42% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 40% | GOUNDERCOVER | 12 | What narcs may do ... or what can literally be found in three pairs of puzzle answers |
| 40% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 40% | HAMSTRING | 9 | Group of three muscles in the thigh; often pulled |
| 39% | HAMSTRING | 9 | Group of three muscles in the back of the thigh |
| 38% | JOEFRAZIER | 10 | American professional boxer who defeated Muhammad Ali in what is famously called the "Fight of the Century": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TIN | 3 | What the metal man in Oz was made of |
| 37% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 37% | METRO | 5 | What the subway is called in Washington, DC and Paris |
| 37% | SANDSTONE | 9 | What the arches in Arches National Park are made of |
| 37% | EPSON | 5 | One of three companies in the Seiko Group |
| 37% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 37% | ARAN | 4 | — Islands, group of three isles in the Atlantic off the Republic of Ireland |
| 37% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 37% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 37% | DODECANESE | 10 | Group of islands in the Aegean Sea whose capital is Rhodes |
| 37% | SPIT | 4 | What the nests in bird's-nest soup are made of |
| 37% | RACE | 4 | What the vehicle in "lane one" of this crossword is winning? |
| 37% | EMS | 3 | They can be seen in the middle of summer |
| 37% | MIDDLE | 6 | The second child of three is in this position |
| 37% | ARAN | 4 | — Islands, group of three isles in the Atlantic off Galway Bay, Republic of Ireland |
| 36% | STRAW | 5 | What the first of the Three Little Pigs' houses was made of |
| 36% | MOLUCCAS | 8 | Group of islands in the Malay Archipelago also called the Maluku Islands |
| 36% | SEPIA | 5 | What the Kansas scenes in "The Wizard of Oz" were filmed in |
| 36% | TIN | 3 | What the woodman in "The Wizard of Oz" is made out of |
| 36% | TIN | 3 | What the wood chopper in "The Wizard of Oz" is made of |
| 36% | MALDIVES | 8 | Group of coral islands in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Male |