| 100% | THEGREATFIRE | 12 | With 38-Down, cataclysmic event that some suspect was planned by George Washington |
| 31% | EXAM | 4 | Event that some precede with cramming |
| 29% | TRIP | 4 | Event that may be inspired by wanderlust |
| 29% | SATELLITE | 9 | With 6-Down, a country that is controlled or influenced by another |
| 29% | MIRACLE | 7 | Event that cannot be explained by scientific laws |
| 28% | RODEO | 5 | Event that might be protested by animal rights groups |
| 28% | SHE | 3 | USS "George Washington" is ironically referred to by this pronoun by some military folk |
| 28% | RIO | 3 | With 21-Down, John Wayne western that was the last film directed by Howard Hawks |
| 28% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Astronomical event that can be seen with solar viewers |
| 28% | UFO | 3 | Craft that some believe is piloted by aliens: Abbr. |
| 28% | RYE | 3 | Grain that some whiskeys are made with |
| 27% | MEGATS | 6 | Catastrophic event that can be caused by a gigantic earthquake |
| 27% | TIMERS | 6 | Some things that FIDE is quite familiar with |
| 27% | TRIESTO | 7 | Hopes, with some effort, that one will |
| 26% | AMES | 4 | With 3 Down, where George Washington Carver went to college |
| 26% | BLACKCAT | 8 | Dark feline that is considered unlucky by some |
| 26% | MEAL | 4 | Event that may be "sit-down" |
| 26% | OUTSIDE | 7 | Like some pitches that are called balls by umpires |
| 26% | CABRIOLET | 9 | Car that can be driven with the roof down |
| 26% | OFFICEJOB | 9 | Something that might be held down with a tie? |
| 26% | STOPPINGBYWOODS | 15 | With 38-Across, poem by 24-Down |
| 26% | ROOSTER | 7 | With 38-Across, 1975 Katharine Hepburn/John Wayne western that was a sequel to "True Grit" |
| 25% | WHAM | 4 | English band that was fronted by George Michael |
| 25% | BOWL | 4 | Super ___, 2023 event with a performance by Rihanna that made headlines |
| 25% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | Old-fashioned technology with keys that was once used by authors |
| 25% | EGGS | 4 | With 38 Down, fancy breakfast |
| 25% | AFLAC | 5 | Insurance company with a mascot that was originally voiced by Gilbert Gottfried |
| 25% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 25% | PYGMALION | 9 | Play written in 1912 by George Bernard Shaw that was adapted into the film "My Fair Lady" |
| 25% | SAINT | 5 | "___ Joan," play written in 1923 by George Bernard Shaw that is based on a legendary French heroine |