| 100% | OBIWAN | 6 | With 39-Across, Jedi master first seen on 5/25/77 |
| 38% | KAMALA | 6 | With 5-Across, first woman of color on a national major-party ticket |
| 36% | YELLOW | 6 | With 25 Across, caution, on a soccer pitch |
| 35% | OLIVERHARDY | 11 | Comedian first appearing with 25 Across in 1921 |
| 35% | GAME | 4 | With 5-Down, disappointing on-screen message seen at an arcade |
| 34% | THOMAS | 6 | With 65 Across, the first to see his name ''up in lights'' (1881) |
| 33% | SHALT | 5 | With 39-Across, words on Moses' tablets |
| 33% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 33% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 33% | BEL | 3 | With 39-Across, Peacock series based on a 1990s Will Smith show |
| 33% | TRIVIAL | 7 | With 39 Across, search party activity |
| 33% | CITRIC | 6 | With 39 Across, two chemical acids |
| 33% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Hairspray" actress who plays Betty Ford in "The First Lady" |
| 32% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 39-Across, "Peaches" singer who performs on 31-Across |
| 32% | SAM | 3 | With 25-Across, three-time Masters champ |
| 32% | ENGLISH | 7 | With 39 Across, water north of France |
| 32% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 32% | FIFTEEN | 7 | With 39 Across, quarter of an hour |
| 32% | MELBA | 5 | With 39 Across, crispy base for cheese |
| 32% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 32% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 32% | PALO | 4 | With 5-Across, city on San Francisco Bay |
| 32% | SPIT | 4 | With 5-Across, cook on a rotating rod |
| 32% | START | 5 | With 39-Across, advice from 29-Across on how to win a lifetime achievement award |
| 31% | MORK | 4 | TV character first seen on "Happy Days" |
| 31% | ROMANCANDLE | 11 | Old Italian light seen on 5 November |
| 31% | YODA | 4 | Jedi master with pointy ears |
| 31% | YODA | 4 | Jedi master with green skin |
| 31% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | With 39-Across, Bikini Bottom fry cook who made his TV debut on May 1, 1999 |
| 31% | TEN | 3 | Number of American League pennants the Yankees won with 39-Across on the team |