| 100% | CSI | 3 | "___: Miami" (David Caruso series canceled in May 2012) |
| 50% | CSI | 3 | David Caruso starred in the Miami version |
| 45% | CSI | 3 | "___: Miami" (longtime David Caruso series) |
| 42% | CSI | 3 | "___ : Miami" (David Caruso series) |
| 42% | CSI | 3 | "___: Miami" (David Caruso series) |
| 40% | OBIT | 4 | Notice published for 36-Across in May 2012 |
| 38% | SEAU | 4 | Retired linebacker Junior who left us in May 2012 |
| 38% | ONEAL | 5 | Shaq who earned an Ed.D. degree in May 2012 |
| 37% | CSI | 3 | With 112-Across, David Caruso TV series |
| 36% | JOHNKELLY | 9 | Detective played by David Caruso in NYPD Blue |
| 35% | STAMPALBUM | 10 | It might contain a canceled series |
| 33% | SEALTEAM | 8 | TV series starring David Boreanaz in the Navy |
| 33% | RYALL | 5 | David —, actor who played Grandad in BBC TV comedy series Outnumbered |
| 33% | HAREWOOD | 8 | David —, actor who played Tuck in BBC TV series Robin Hood |
| 33% | THEWIRE | 7 | Hit TV series by David Simon set in Baltimore |
| 32% | BUDD | 4 | David ___, character played by Richard Madden in the BBC TV series "Bodyguard" |
| 32% | DUCHOVNY | 8 | David —, actor who starred as Hank Moody in US television series Californication |
| 32% | CSI | 3 | CBS series with spinoffs set in Miami and New York |
| 32% | ROSS | 4 | Character played by David Schwimmer in the TV series "Friends" |
| 32% | FIX | 3 | "The ___" (third book in David Baldacci's Memory Man Series) |
| 32% | SNOW | 4 | Weather that may cancel a football game in North Dakota |
| 32% | CSI | 3 | "___: Miami" (David Caruso's police procedural drama) |
| 31% | INTER | 5 | ___ Miami, football club to be based in Miami headed by David Beckham |
| 31% | SOUL | 4 | David —, actor who played Hutch in 1970s US TV series Starsky and Hutch |
| 31% | SOUL | 4 | David —, actor who played Hutch in 1970s US television series Starsky and Hutch |
| 31% | DOYLE | 5 | David —, actor who played John Bosley in US television series Charlie's Angels |
| 31% | CAMEL | 5 | "The ___ Club" (first novel in a David Baldacci political thriller series) |
| 31% | CHOE | 4 | David who plays Isaac in 2023 Netflix series Beef |
| 31% | DET | 3 | SFO opponent in the 2012 World Series |
| 31% | DOYLE | 5 | David —, actor whose roles included John Bosley in US television series Charlie's Angels |