| 100% | SAILOR | 6 | "___ Moon," popular anime series released in 1992 which follows the journey of Usagi Tsukino and Luna |
| 56% | BEBOP | 5 | "Cowboy ___," popular anime series released in 1997 which follows the story of Spike Spiegel and Jet Black |
| 55% | POKEMON | 7 | Popular anime series released in 1997 which follows the life of Ash Ketchum |
| 51% | ASTRO | 5 | "___ Boy," popular anime series released in 1963 which follows the adventures of a robotic boy |
| 50% | DRAGON | 6 | "___ Ball Z," popular anime series released in 1989 which follows the life of Goku |
| 50% | NEON | 4 | "___ Genesis Evangelion," popular anime series released in 1995 which follows the life of Shinji Ikari |
| 28% | SAILORMOON | 10 | Manga series that debuted in 1992 featuring 18-Across, 25-Across, 34-Across, and schoolgirl Usagi Tsukino who transforms into the title character (2 wds.) |
| 28% | INACROWN | 8 | "You Should See Me ___," Billie Eilish song released in 2018 and the title of which was inspired by a scene from "Sherlock": 3 wds. |
| 27% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC sci-fi series in which 31-Across plays the 10th and 14th incarnations of the title character: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Nightmares," horror video game series that follows the journey of a girl in a yellow raincoat |
| 25% | DRAGONBALLZ | 11 | Japanese anime television series that follows the adventures of Goku and has been adapted on the big screen: 3 wds. |
| 25% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BRO | 3 | Popular term of address among men in the US and New Zealand |
| 25% | ROTI | 4 | Type of unleavened bread popular in India and the Caribbean |
| 25% | TAO | 3 | A cosmic and spiritual principle which is popular in the East |
| 25% | ARTEMIS | 7 | Virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology |
| 25% | ESSEX | 5 | Cricket team; winners of the County Championship in 1991 and 1992 |
| 25% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Line that follows the opening syllables of 19-, 37-, and 42-Across, in a salty refrain |
| 25% | SHIRE | 5 | The region of Tolkien's Middle-earth in which Bilbo and Frodo Baggins live |
| 24% | TERMINATOR | 10 | Boundary between the illuminated and darkened part of the moon, in astronomy |
| 24% | GOT | 3 | First book in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire," familiarly |
| 24% | MSG | 3 | Site of the Democratic National Convention in 1976, 1980, and 1992 (abbr.) |
| 24% | KONG | 4 | Donkey ___, series of video games first released in 1981 and which has a gorilla character |
| 24% | KILLERS | 7 | "___ of the Flower Moon," film starring Leonardo DiCaprio whose release date is in 2023 |
| 24% | URN | 3 | Container of the Ashes in the cricket Test series between England and Australia |
| 24% | METYOURMOTHER | 13 | "How I ___," a popular TV series in which John Lithgow appeared as the father of Barney Stinson: 3 wds. |
| 24% | COSMOPOLITAN | 12 | Popular cocktail which was also the signature drink of Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City" |
| 24% | AGE | 3 | "___ of Reptiles," Ricardo Delgado's comic book series which is set in the Mesozoic era |
| 24% | ORFF | 4 | Composer of Der Mond, an opera in which the main characters steal the moon |
| 24% | ORDER | 5 | "Harry Potter and the ___ of the Phoenix" (fifth installment in the Harry Potter series) |