| 100% | WORLD | 5 | With 78-Across, stated desire of many a Miss America |
| 43% | JOE | 3 | With 18 Across, 46th male President of the United States of America |
| 43% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 40% | MOTTO | 5 | Feature of many a state flag |
| 39% | USS | 3 | Letters in front of many a state name |
| 39% | SASH | 4 | Miss America accessory with a tiara |
| 38% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many a film with "star" in its title (Hyph.) |
| 38% | SASH | 4 | Miss America accessory that features a state's name |
| 37% | IOLANI | 6 | With 36-Across, only official residence of a reigning monarch now in the United States |
| 37% | MEL | 3 | With 6-Across, a man of many voices |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 37% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 36% | IOWA | 4 | State with a signature brand of nice |
| 36% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 36% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 35% | ION | 3 | Atom with a couple of electrons missing |
| 35% | SIDEA | 5 | Half of a 45 with more airplay |
| 35% | ELMIER | 6 | Lined with more of a certain tree |
| 35% | MAP | 3 | With 59 Across, what's found within many a legend |
| 35% | BRANCHES | 8 | A tree has many of these, with sticks on them |
| 35% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 35% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 35% | TOPOL | 5 | Famous player of a milkman with many daughters |
| 35% | OSLO | 4 | Capital of a Scandinavian nation with many fjords |
| 35% | IRAS | 4 | Components of many a 28-Across, for short |
| 35% | ARAB | 4 | Many a resident of 14-Across |
| 35% | BOOBY | 5 | With 127 Across, one of many devices thwarting the burglars in "Home Alone" |
| 35% | PLAYOFF | 7 | With 15 Across, growth for many a player pursuing the Stanley Cup |
| 34% | DEFROSTED | 9 | State of meat left for many hours out of a freezer |
| 34% | OAXACA | 6 | State with more than half of Mexico's Indigenous language speakers |