| 100% | FIRST | 5 | Where the U.N. is in Manhattan, with 27-Across |
| 54% | EASTSIDE | 8 | Where the United Nations is in Manhattan |
| 53% | EASTSIDE | 8 | Where the United Nations is in Manhattan: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ADENYEMEN | 9 | Where the U.S.S. Cole was attacked in 2000 |
| 51% | SLAVE | 5 | 27-Across was the last US president to own one while in Office |
| 50% | EASTSIDE | 8 | Where the lowest-numbered avenues in Manhattan are |
| 47% | PLAGUEPIT | 9 | Where bodies with buboes were interred in the past |
| 44% | STAIRWAY | 8 | With 27-Down, song involved in the 18-Across lawsuit |
| 44% | INDC | 4 | Where the U.S. Cong. is |
| 43% | NATO | 4 | The U.S. is in it |
| 42% | ASIA | 4 | Where the 27-Down is |
| 41% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 27-Down, actress who plays the wife of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman" |
| 41% | DUEPROCESS | 10 | Heart of the U.S. legal system, with roots in the 19-Across |
| 41% | FTMEADE | 7 | Where the N.S.A. is headquartered |
| 41% | OPEC | 4 | The U.A.E. is in it |
| 41% | NATO | 4 | The U.K. is in it, but Ire. is not |
| 40% | EAR | 3 | Where the smallest bone in the body is |
| 40% | REAR | 4 | Where the engine is in a Porsche 911 |
| 40% | MSG | 3 | Where the Knicks play in N.Y.C. |
| 40% | OAS | 3 | The U.S. and Can. are in it |
| 40% | TWORHYMINGWORDS | 15 | With 27-, 39-, 46- and 62-Across, a brain teaser, whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 40% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 40% | LEG | 3 | Where the femur and tibia are in the body |
| 40% | SCAPAFLOW | 9 | Where the German WWI fleet was scuttled in 1919 |
| 40% | FINALFRONTIER | 13 | With "The," what "space" is, in the intro to 5-/58-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | VIRGINIA | 8 | US state where the slave rebellion in 15-/25-Across takes place |
| 39% | ARCO | 4 | With 63-Across, where the Kings play in Sacramento |
| 39% | UNITEDKINGDOM | 13 | Where ''The SUN'' is #1 in daily circulation |
| 39% | NEWYORK | 7 | City where the NBA was founded in 1946 |
| 39% | HAMBURG | 7 | German city, where The Beatles were in residence |