| 100% | BERNARD | 7 | With 23 Across, luxury goods magnate listed by Forbes as the world's wealthiest person in 2023 |
| 36% | EVIL | 4 | "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot |
| 29% | XIJINPING | 9 | The world's most powerful person, per a 2018 Forbes list |
| 28% | TOPGEAR | 7 | BBC car series listed by Guinness as the most widely watched factual TV program in the world |
| 28% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 28% | BEZOS | 5 | The world's wealthiest person |
| 27% | WILLSOMEONETELLMEWHAT | 21 | With 119 and 124 Across, Rock Hudson's outburst as he stalked up the aisle at 2001's L.A. premiere in 1968 (as reported by attendee Roger Ebert) |
| 26% | BILLGATES | 9 | Microsoft cofounder who's #1 on the Forbes 400 list of the world's wealthiest people: 2 wds. |
| 26% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 25% | DAVIDKOCH | 9 | Businessman who's tied for No. 4 on the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people: 2 wds. |
| 25% | SUNTAN | 6 | With 71 Across, what the people in this puzzle need? |
| 25% | COLIN | 5 | With 32-Across, actor who won a Best Actor Oscar as King George VI in "The King's Speech" |
| 25% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 25% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 24% | YESTERDAY | 9 | Film starring Himesh Patel as the only person in the world who remembers the Beatles |
| 24% | AMAZON | 6 | Company that passed Walmart in 2015 as the world's largest retailer by market value |
| 24% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 24% | JAVA | 4 | The world's most populous island, with over 140 million people |
| 24% | JAVA | 4 | The world's most populous island, with over 150 million people |
| 24% | CHICAGOBULLS | 12 | Basketball team based in Illinois, ranked by Forbes as the fourth most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $2.6 billion: 2 wds. |
| 24% | CARLOS | 6 | With 76-Across, Mexican business magnate who was once the world's richest person |
| 24% | RICHIERICH | 10 | Comic book character billed as the world's wealthiest kid: 2 wds. |
| 24% | NICO | 4 | “The Velvet Underground & ___” (1967 album that topped Billboard’s list of the best album covers of all time in August, 2023) |
| 23% | NEWYORKKNICKS | 13 | Basketball team based in Manhattan ranked by Forbes as the most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $3.6 billion: 3 wds. |
| 23% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 23% | BEZOS | 5 | The world's richest person, with a net worth of over $125 billion |
| 23% | INDIA | 5 | Country that became the world’s most populous in 2023 |
| 23% | TURDUCKEN | 9 | Entree with nested birds, as suggested by the progression of fowl in the starred answers |
| 23% | ASPEN | 5 | The world's largest organism by mass, known as Pando, is this type of tree |
| 23% | ARCHIEBUNKERS | 13 | With 23-Across, "All in the Family" spin-off starring Carroll O'Connor: 2 wds. |