| 100% | MILEY | 5 | With 4-Down, “Party in the U.S.A.” singer |
| 71% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 69% | THELANDOFOPPORTUNITY | 20 | Party in the U.S.A.? |
| 69% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 68% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Party in the U.S.A." singer who was both the host and musical guest on 2013 and 2015 "SNL" episodes |
| 65% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Singer with the 2001 hit "I'm a Slave 4 U": 2 wds. |
| 64% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | "Party in the U.S.A." singer whose first TV series lead role was on Disney's "Hannah Montana": 2 wds. |
| 58% | DISCO | 5 | With 4-Down, "The Simpsons" character in a rhinestone-studded leisure suit |
| 57% | CRIED | 5 | With 4-Down, threw in the towel |
| 57% | QUIET | 5 | With 4-Down, do the absolute minimum at one's job, in modern lingo |
| 56% | ABA | 3 | Semi-pro hoopster's org. with the Jacksonville Giants as champs 4 years in a row |
| 56% | LABOUR | 6 | Party in the U.K. |
| 55% | CLOSER | 6 | 4-Down's first #1 single as a vocalist with the Chainsmokers |
| 55% | OLIVIARODRIGO | 13 | Singer with the 2021 hit "Good 4 U": 2 wds. |
| 55% | HUEY | 4 | Singer Lewis with a cameo in "Back to the Future" |
| 55% | AYE | 3 | With 4-Across, what the pirate said on his 80th birthday, in a dad joke |
| 54% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 54% | REP | 3 | Conservative politician's party in the US, usually: Abbr. |
| 54% | THE | 3 | With 4-Down, last two words in a story |
| 54% | BLUE | 4 | A color in the U.S. flag |
| 54% | PLUMB | 5 | With 111 Down, crazy as a loon, in the Crazy A Saloon |
| 54% | MESA | 4 | Largest city in the U.S. that's not a county seat |
| 53% | BORN | 4 | "__ in the U.S.A."; Springsteen hit |
| 53% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A." (Springsteen album) |
| 53% | FLA | 3 | Peninsula in the U.S.A. |
| 53% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer who said of his upcoming farewell tour, "It's a way of going out with a bang": 2 wds. |
| 53% | LOUIS | 5 | With 4-Down, monarch with the longest verifiable reign in history |
| 53% | SINGIN | 6 | "___ in the [4 Down]" (What a glorious feeling!) |
| 53% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A." (Bruce Springsteen hit) |
| 53% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A." (Bruce Springsteen song) |