| 100% | SONOFA | 6 | With 18-Across, Jimmy Buffett album that gave us "Cheeseburger in Paradise" |
| 48% | ATTITUDES | 9 | "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in ___" (Jimmy Buffett album that gave us "Margaritaville") |
| 36% | SOYBEAN | 7 | With 18-Across, frying medium that's rich in heart-healthy fats |
| 33% | HOME | 4 | With 18- and 19-Across, classic song that starts "'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam" |
| 33% | ATE | 3 | What Jimmy Buffett did with his cheeseburger |
| 32% | CHINESE | 7 | With 27- and 36-Across, object that floated over the US in early 2023 |
| 32% | ROLLING | 7 | With 18-Across, Adele single from the album "21" that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for 2011 |
| 31% | CHILOMBO | 8 | 46-Across Grammy-nominated album that debuted at #2 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 in 2020 |
| 31% | JAPANESE | 8 | Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | KIDA | 4 | Classic 2000 Radiohead album that opens with "Everything in Its Right Place" |
| 30% | AWKWAFINA | 9 | Actor and rapper with album In Fina We Trust |
| 29% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 29% | WWE | 3 | Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023 |
| 29% | ELE | 3 | With 18- & 19-Across, Toys "R" Us department |
| 29% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 29% | THELIFEOF | 9 | With 22 Across, Taylor Swift's upcoming 12th album, announced in August 2025 |
| 29% | RACONTEURS | 10 | Rock band that issued the album "Help Us Stranger" in '19 (with "The") |
| 29% | ATLANTA | 7 | U.S. city that's home to 71 streets with "Peachtree" in their names |
| 28% | BABEL | 5 | Mumford & Sons album that debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 in 2012 |
| 28% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 28% | ATLANTA | 7 | With 18-Across, team 31-Across played for in the 1992 World Series |
| 28% | THE | 3 | With 18-Across, TV program to be hosted by James Corden in 2015 |
| 28% | CONTENT | 7 | With 18 Across, many an internet celebrity |
| 28% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 28% | IHEARMENACHEM | 13 | With 102 Across, something Jimmy Carter probably never said at the Camp David talks in 1978? |
| 28% | GAELIC | 6 | Language that gave us "galore" |
| 28% | HINDI | 5 | Language that gave us "pajamas" |
| 28% | MAORI | 5 | Language that gave us "kiwi" |
| 28% | TAMIL | 5 | Language that gave us "catamaran" |
| 28% | ERSE | 4 | Language that gave us "plaid" |