| 100% | THECURSEOF | 10 | With 59-Across, 80+ year jinx that ended in 2004 |
| 44% | INTERSTATE | 10 | With 59-Across, highway that goes through the 15 places indicated in this puzzle, in order, north to south |
| 41% | USONE | 5 | Rte. that ends in 22-Across |
| 40% | FUN | 3 | With 59-Across, race that's not very competitive |
| 39% | MAIN | 4 | With 59-Across, A-B-C-A in the illustration |
| 39% | SCI | 3 | Subj. with many disciplines that end in -ology |
| 37% | ANO | 3 | With 6-Across, New Year, in Spain |
| 37% | MAUDE | 5 | 1970s sitcom that ended with the title character in Congress |
| 37% | CRIMEAN | 7 | War that ended with the "Treaty of Paris" in 1856 |
| 37% | ROCK | 4 | "School of ___," 2003 movie that ends with a classroom-turned-band rocking out in a battle of the bands |
| 37% | GOLDEN | 6 | With 46-Across, California NBA team that faced Cleveland in the championship three years in a row (and won twice, in 2015 and 2017) |
| 37% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 36% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 36% | METAL | 5 | Almost any element that ends in -ium |
| 36% | GOAT | 4 | Curse of the Billy ___, Cubs "jinx" that ended in 2016 |
| 36% | BIDEN | 5 | With 10-Across, period that started in January 2021 |
| 36% | OBAMA | 5 | With 23-Across, period that began in January 2009 |
| 35% | TIC | 3 | With 21-Across, mint that comes in a plastic box |
| 35% | ONEINTEN | 8 | Chances that a year ends with any particular digit |
| 35% | RAJON | 5 | With 59-Across, Boston Celtics player with five triple-doubles in the NBA's 2012-2013 regular season |
| 35% | ONETHIRD | 8 | Fraction of months that end in the letter “Y” |
| 35% | MASC | 4 | Like most Spanish nouns that end in -o: Abbr. |
| 35% | SCI | 3 | Subj. with disciplines that might end in -ology |
| 35% | AFAREWELLTOARMS | 15 | 1929 novel that ends with Frederic Henry walking to his hotel in the rain |
| 35% | F/ER/LA/VN/IK/S | 15 | With 22-Across, mid-20th-century giant in 59-/62-Across |
| 35% | MONTYPYTHONS | 12 | With 55 Across, BBC series that premiered 50 years ago tomorrow |
| 35% | COLLEGE | 7 | With 11-Across, gathering that's typically attended every five years |
| 35% | PIXIE | 5 | With 8-Across, magical substance that enables flight in "Peter Pan" |
| 35% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 35% | ABA | 3 | Org. that merged with the 41-Across in the 1970s |