| 100% | ANDCROWNTHYGOOD | 15 | With 59-Across, lyric from "America, the Beautiful" |
| 55% | KODAK | 5 | With 59 Across, the slogan's subject |
| 52% | SEATO | 5 | "From ___ shining ..." ("America the Beautiful" lyric) |
| 51% | GEYSER | 6 | 15-Across song with the lyric "Feel it bubbling from below" |
| 48% | WILDHORSES | 10 | Hit single from 31-Across with the lyric "we'll ride them someday": 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 48% | ARMADILLO | 9 | Mammal from the Americas, with protective shell |
| 48% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |
| 47% | NEA | 3 | Organization with the "Read Across America" day: Abbr. |
| 47% | OUTER | 5 | With 59-Across, where [circled letters] came from |
| 47% | SEA | 3 | "... to shining ___" ("America the Beautiful" lyric) |
| 46% | FOAM | 4 | "... to the oceans white with ___ ..." ("God Bless America" lyric) |
| 46% | ASIA | 4 | Continent that's across the Pacific from North America |
| 46% | DJANGOJANE | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "Black girl magic, y'all can't stand it" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 46% | JOE | 3 | With 18 Across, 46th male President of the United States of America |
| 46% | MAIN | 4 | With 59-Across, A-B-C-A in the illustration |
| 46% | AMBER | 5 | "For ___ waves of grain ..." ("America the Beautiful" lyric) |
| 46% | FORYOUBLUE | 10 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "I feel it now, I hope you feel it too" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | SEA | 3 | America the Beautiful ender |
| 45% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 45% | SUSPENDED | 9 | With 59 Across, dormancy |
| 45% | ILLDOANYTHINGTO | 15 | With 59 Across, ''Apologies!'' |
| 45% | BOUNCIN | 7 | Single from the 43-Across album "333" with the lyrics "Turn it up extra loud / Ya tonight we stepping out" |
| 45% | IMEMINE | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "No one's frightened of playing it / Everyone's saying it" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | ART | 3 | With 59-Across, the Chrysler Building's style |
| 44% | MAKEMEFEEL | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | FAMOUSNAMES | 11 | With 59-Across, what the answers to the 11 capitalized clues begin |
| 44% | BRONZE | 6 | With 59-Across, it lasted from about 3500 to 1000 B.C. |
| 44% | TWOOFUS | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "You and me Sunday driving, not arriving / On our way back home" (3 wds.) |