| 100% | CSI | 3 | "___: The Experience" (Las Vegas attraction based on a CBS franchise) |
| 43% | MIMI | 4 | “Rent” character based on a “La Bohème” character of the same name |
| 42% | NEMO | 4 | The Seas with ___ & Friends (Epcot attraction based on a Pixar film) |
| 42% | GIJOE | 5 | Sci-fi film based on a toy franchise, "___: The Rise of Cobra": 3 wds. |
| 40% | SPEED | 5 | "Need for ___" (2014 film based on a video game franchise) |
| 40% | HALO | 4 | Paramount+ series based on a video game franchise |
| 40% | CLIENT | 6 | Schumacher film based on a Grisham book, The __ |
| 40% | MORTAL | 6 | "___ Kombat" (2021 film based on a video game franchise) |
| 40% | WALKING | 7 | Hit show based on a comic book, The __ Dead |
| 39% | WATUSI | 6 | 1960s novelty dance based on a song by the Orlons |
| 39% | ALADDIN | 7 | 1992 film based on a folktale of the same name |
| 39% | TRON | 4 | Arcade game based on a film of the same name |
| 39% | CSI | 3 | "___: Las Vegas" (crime drama on CBS) |
| 39% | OUIJA | 5 | 2014 film franchise based on a sinister board game of the same name that some use to speak to ghosts |
| 39% | IRONGIANT | 9 | 1999 animated tearjerker based on a Ted Hughes story, with The |
| 39% | FARGO | 5 | TV series based on a 1996 film by the Coen brothers |
| 39% | MIRAGE | 6 | Las Vegas attraction, with "The" |
| 38% | MARIO | 5 | "The Super ___ Bros. Movie" (2023 animated film based on a video game franchise) |
| 38% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STANKYLEG | 9 | 2000s hip-hop dance based on a song by the GS Boyz |
| 38% | PIKACHU | 7 | "Detective ___" (2019 film based on the Pokémon franchise) |
| 38% | LAZARUS | 7 | The __ effect, based on a return to life |
| 38% | BAMBI | 5 | Classic 1942 film based on a book subtitled "A Life in the Woods" |
| 38% | CHICAGO | 7 | Only Best Picture Oscar winner based on a Broadway musical since the 1960s |
| 37% | WINE | 4 | Beverage often paired based on the meat in a meal |
| 37% | HUSTLE | 6 | 1970s novelty dance based on a song by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony |
| 37% | NEEDFOR | 7 | "___ Speed," Dominic Cooper movie based on a video game of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STRIKEONE | 9 | Ump's call, often based on a sequence found in the answers to starred clues |
| 36% | MAGICMIKE | 9 | 2012 movie based on Channing Tatum's experiences as a stripper |
| 36% | AGNESGREY | 9 | Anne Brontë novel based on her own experiences as a governess |