| 100% | RAPTORS | 7 | Who “they” are, in the “Jurassic Park” line “Unless they figure out how to open doors” |
| 40% | ELTRAINS | 8 | The 3rd Avenue line was the last of them to operate in Manhattan |
| 39% | AVID | 4 | Like those fans who camp out all night in ticket lines just to ensure they get one of the best seats |
| 38% | SOFIA | 5 | Princess ___, young royal who is in the line of succession to the Spanish throne |
| 38% | OSCAR | 5 | Prince ___, young royal who is in the line of succession to the Swedish throne |
| 38% | LIAM | 4 | Prince ___, young royal who is in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg |
| 38% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who was the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol |
| 38% | AMBROSI | 7 | Gustinus —, Austrian sculptor to whom a museum in the Augarten Palace and Park, Vienna, is dedicated |
| 38% | CLIMBTHEWALLS | 13 | React to the boredom of trying to figure out how to reach the ceiling when the stairs haven't been installed |
| 37% | KEYS | 4 | They never seem to be where you left them when you're heading out the door |
| 36% | WAYNEBRADY | 10 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" cast member who belts out lyrics in the Hoedown game (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEMEANINGOFLIFE | 16 | What the computer Deep Thought was programmed to figure out in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| 35% | PAM | 3 | Shriver who lost to Chris Evert in the 1978 US Open singles final when she was just 16 |
| 35% | MARGARETCOURT | 13 | Australian tennis player who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam in the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ART | 3 | ___ Vandelay, George's recurring fake character who turns out to be a real judge in the final "Seinfeld" episode |
| 35% | ELENARYBAKINA | 13 | 2022 women's singles Wimbledon champion who was runner-up to 33-Across in the 2023 Australian Open (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SHADE | 5 | Hades turned out to be in the shadows |
| 34% | EXMEMBER | 8 | One who used to be in the club |
| 34% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | American golfer who won the 2017 Open Championship and was runner-up to 49-Across in the 2021 Open Championship (2 wds.) |
| 34% | FBIAGENTS | 9 | Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them |
| 34% | CASPERRUUD | 10 | Norwegian tennis player who was runner-up to 32-Across in the men's singles championship at the 2022 US Open (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ALIENS | 6 | Who "they" are in the movie "They Live" |
| 33% | OVERT | 5 | Out in the open for all to see |
| 33% | THATSMYQUEUE | 12 | "Oh, I'm supposed to be in the line over there"? |
| 33% | LETO | 4 | Actor Jared who is in the band 30 Seconds to Mars |
| 33% | MOTHER | 6 | In the Bible, how Eve was related to Cain |
| 33% | JENNIFERBRADY | 13 | American tennis player who was the runner-up to 43-Across in the Women's Singles finals at the Australian Open in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JESSICAPEGULA | 13 | American tennis pro who was the No. 3 seed at the 2023 US Open but lost to 26-Across in the fourth round (2 wds.) |
| 33% | DOMINICTHIEM | 12 | Austrian tennis pro who was runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the French Open in both 2018 and 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BANNS | 5 | They are read out in church to announce a marriage |