| 100% | THEPIG | 6 | Year of __; zodiac sign that is happy in mud |
| 46% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac that was the Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1968 |
| 46% | QUEBEC | 6 | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| 45% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac muscle car that was the Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1968 |
| 45% | MARCH | 5 | Month that was the first of the new year in early 3-Down calendars |
| 43% | ROAR | 4 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2014 |
| 43% | FIREWORK | 8 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2012 |
| 42% | DREAM | 5 | "Teenage ___," third studio album by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011 |
| 42% | EGS | 3 | I'm happy to say that there are none of these in this puzzle's clues! |
| 42% | INKLE | 5 | Company that created "80 Days" which was Time Magazine's Game of the Year in 2014 |
| 41% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |
| 41% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (3 wds.) |
| 41% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LETSGETITON | 11 | Marvin Gaye song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (4 wds.) |
| 41% | THEDOG | 6 | Year of __; canine Chinese zodiac sign |
| 40% | RAT | 3 | Year of the ___ (2020, in the Chinese zodiac) |
| 40% | LEO | 3 | Zodiac sign of a baby born in August |
| 39% | ISOTROPIC | 9 | Of an object that is uniform in all directions |
| 39% | LEO | 3 | Zodiac sign whose symbol is the king of the jungle |
| 39% | DRAGON | 6 | Year of the ___ (Chinese zodiac observance that began last month) |
| 39% | RAM | 3 | Farm animal that is also a zodiac sign |
| 39% | OXEN | 4 | Large bovines that are in the Chinese zodiac |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | Mesozoic ___ (time that was millions of years ago) |
| 38% | TANGENTLINES | 12 | Figures that are straight approximations of curves, in geometry |
| 38% | RAM | 3 | Animal that is the symbol for the zodiac sign Aries |
| 38% | CRAB | 4 | Crustacean that is the symbol for the zodiac sign Cancer |
| 38% | HUNGRIEST | 9 | The one that is the most in need of food |
| 38% | CHICAGO | 7 | Band that was in the park on Fourth of July |
| 38% | ENRON | 5 | Energy company that was part of a scandal in 2001 |
| 38% | DICE | 4 | Objects that are shaken and tossed in games of chance |