| 100% | KLING | 5 | With 19-Across, its high council meets in the Great Hall of the First City |
| 46% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 43% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 43% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 40% | WOOWOOWOO | 9 | With 80 Across, what it's like after a meeting of the Curly Fan Club? |
| 40% | MIAMI | 5 | City with the highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world |
| 39% | HOUSE | 5 | It meets in the south wing of the U.S. Capitol |
| 39% | ORLANDO | 7 | City that played its first ever major league pro sports game in 1989 as part of the NBA expansion draft |
| 38% | SANTA | 5 | It can precede eight first names in this puzzle to form the names of California cities |
| 38% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | A city in Missouri, which shares its name with the capital of the Netherlands |
| 38% | SHEFFIELD | 9 | City in South Yorkshire associated with the manufacture of high-quality steels |
| 38% | JAYZ | 4 | First rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| 38% | KAREEM | 6 | First name in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
| 38% | AARON | 5 | First name alphabetically in the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 38% | RAMSBOTTOM | 10 | Town in Greater Manchester that shares its name with a snake companion of the puppet Sooty |
| 37% | HOYT | 4 | First or last name in the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 37% | OTTO | 4 | With 6-Down, Browns quarterback in the Football Hall of Fame |
| 37% | JOE | 3 | Yankees great DiMaggio in the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 37% | CALRIPKEN | 9 | Orioles star who gained first-ballot induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 with 98.5% of the vote: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ELLA | 4 | Fitzgerald with nine recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame |
| 36% | LAS | 3 | First word of the largest city in Nevada |
| 36% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 27-Down, actress who plays the wife of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman" |
| 36% | TOMSEAVER | 9 | Four-team star who gained first-ballot induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992 with 98.8% of the vote: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOLANRYAN | 9 | Four-team star who gained first-ballot admission to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 with 98.8% of the vote: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BABE | 4 | With 55-Across, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame's first class |
| 36% | DINAH | 5 | Singer Washington with three recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame |
| 36% | RINGCYCLE | 9 | Musical work in four parts, with its first part opening the Met's 2010-11 season |
| 36% | SUPER | 5 | With 19-Across, series of arcade games that requires saving the Princess in the Mushroom Kingdom |
| 36% | PHARRELL | 8 | With 42-Across, "Happy" singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 |
| 36% | HANKAARON | 9 | Braves and Brewers star who gained first-ballot induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 with 97.8% of the vote: 2 wds. |