100% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
37% | ATLAS | 5 | Word meaning "book of maps" that is derived from a Titan in Greek mythology |
37% | ECHO | 4 | Word meaning "rebound of sound" that is derived from a mountain nymph in Greek mythology |
33% | RBG | 3 | Initials of the person who said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
33% | NECK | 4 | Word used on both sides of "and" to make a common phrase meaning "a close contest," that has its origins in horse racing |
33% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
33% | WATER | 5 | ___ Bearer, shape of a human that is said to be represented by the constellation Aquarius |
33% | FURY | 4 | Word meaning "extreme rage" that is derived from the Erinyes in Greek mythology |
33% | CHAOS | 5 | Word meaning "state of utter confusion" that is derived from a mythological void |
33% | MUMS | 4 | "___ the word," phrase inspired by Shakespeare that means "keep it a secret" |
32% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
32% | MONEY | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1976 ABBA song that says "It's a rich man's world" |
32% | ROPE | 4 | What the sides of a wrestling ring are made from |
31% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
31% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
31% | MALEV | 5 | Airline that was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 until it declared insolvency in 2012 |
31% | ALEE | 4 | On the side of a ship that's away from the wind |
31% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
31% | GREAT | 5 | "___ Balls of Fire," 1957 song by Jerry Lee Lewis that was featured in the film "Top Gun" |
31% | PRINCEON | 8 | Notification that the "Purple Rain" rocker is performing right now? (going from a school in New Jersey ...) |
31% | TORNADO | 7 | "Bad luck, I guess … It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the ___" (quote from 18-Down) |
31% | EMCEE | 5 | Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters |
31% | BITE | 4 | "___ the dust," phrase meaning "to suffer a defeat" that was used in Samuel Butler's translation of "The Iliad" |
31% | GRAND | 5 | ___ Canyon, iconic location in the USA that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |
31% | BLEEDS | 6 | "If It ___," collection of four novellas by Stephen King that was nominated for a Locus Award in 2021 |
31% | ROAR | 4 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2014 |
31% | FIREWORK | 8 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2012 |
30% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
30% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
30% | ICE | 3 | "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ___..." line from a famous poem by Robert Frost |