| 100% | ANGORAS | 7 | Wool sources that were the subject of a 2013 PETA exposé |
| 54% | CIA | 3 | Grp. that was the subject of a recent WikiLeaks release |
| 54% | XIII | 4 | Apollo mission that was the subject of a 1995 film |
| 54% | GTO | 3 | Car that was the subject of a 1964 top 10 hit |
| 54% | AOL | 3 | Tech company that was the subject of a 1997 Time cover |
| 54% | EMI | 3 | Co. that was the subject of a Sex Pistols diss track |
| 53% | NCAA | 4 | Org. that was the subject of a 2021 Supreme Court antitrust ruling |
| 53% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 51% | SUNFLOWER | 9 | (See 12a) Bloom with edible seeds that was the subject of a famous painting by Van Gogh |
| 51% | DST | 3 | Observance that was the subject of a Last Week Tonight "How Is This Still a Thing?" segment: abbr. |
| 48% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | "The Interview" star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ITASCA | 6 | Lake that is a source of the Mississippi |
| 47% | ZEUS | 4 | Subject of a statue that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
| 47% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 46% | REM | 3 | Sleep phase that might be the subject of a sleep study: Abbr. |
| 46% | CROCI | 5 | Flowers that are a source of the anti-inflammatory drug colchicine |
| 46% | YEW | 3 | Tree that was the source of the poison in Christie's A Pocket Full of Rye |
| 45% | MAO | 3 | He was the subject of a Warhol painting |
| 45% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 film that is the subject of this puzzle |
| 45% | EMU | 3 | Bird that was the subject of an Australian war |
| 45% | EXOTIC | 6 | Joe __ is the subject of a Tiger King documentary |
| 45% | KATE | 4 | Middleton who was the subject of a disappearance conspiracy |
| 45% | POSEFOR | 7 | Be the subject of, as a photograph |
| 44% | TUT | 3 | His relics were the subject of a 1970s Met exhibit |
| 44% | SAMUELALITO | 11 | Nominee who was the subject of a 2006 filibuster attempt |
| 44% | CLONE | 5 | Biological duplicate that is the subject of many sci-fi movies |
| 44% | TOLEDO | 6 | Spanish city that was the subject of an El Greco painting |
| 44% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Classic author who was the subject of a 1952 film musical |
| 44% | GERTRUDESTEIN | 13 | Pittsburgh-born poet who was the subject of a Picasso portrait |
| 44% | RETRACENACIRRUH | 15 | Exonerated boxer who is the subject of a Bob Dylan song |