| 100% | KILLERS | 7 | "___ of the Flower Moon," film starring Leonardo DiCaprio whose release date is in 2023 |
| 49% | PURPLE | 6 | "Harold and the ___ Crayon," film adaptation of a children's book, whose release date is in 2023 |
| 48% | AHSOKA | 6 | TV miniseries starring Hayden Christensen whose release date is in 2023 |
| 44% | SECRET | 6 | "___ Invasion," TV miniseries starring Emilia Clarke whose release date is in 2023 |
| 43% | FURNACE | 7 | "Out of the___," 2013 film starring Christian Bale that was produced by Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 41% | LIMELIGHT | 9 | 1952 film starring Charlie Chaplin...the first half of whose name is the key citrus fruit in 14a |
| 41% | LEO | 3 | "Killers of the Flower Moon" star DiCaprio, to fans |
| 41% | LAST | 4 | "The ___ of Us," TV adaptation of a video game series, whose release date is in 2023 |
| 39% | BASKETBALL | 10 | "The ___ Diaries," a 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio - whose birthday it is today - as a promising sportsman who develops an addiction |
| 38% | THEREVENANT | 11 | 2015 American semi-biographical film starring Leonardo DiCaprio based on the life of frontiersman Hugh Glass: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 37% | OSAGE | 5 | “Killers of the Flower Moon: The ___ Murders and the Birth of the F.B.I.” (nonfiction book adapted into a 2023 film) |
| 36% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Rock band whose "The Dark Side of the Moon" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PAUL | 4 | & 5D Former member of The Beatles whose debut solo album was released in 1970 |
| 36% | BORAT | 5 | 2006 film starring Sacha Baron Cohen that is shot in the style of a mockumentary |
| 35% | YAVIN | 5 | Planet whose fourth moon is the site of the main rebel base in Star Wars, 1977 |
| 35% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 |
| 35% | OPPENHEIMER | 11 | Film starring Cillian Murphy as the "father of the atomic bomb" that you probably watched in theaters in 2023 |
| 35% | WOLF | 4 | "The ___ of Wall Street," 2013 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio with a howling canine in its title |
| 35% | LEO | 3 | "Killers of the Flower Moon" star, familiarly |
| 35% | LILY | 4 | "Killers of the Flower Moon" star Gladstone |
| 35% | JAWS | 4 | Steven Spielberg's film starring Roy Scheider that was partially shot in the harsh conditions of Atlantic ocean |
| 35% | THEMANINTHE | 11 | & 13D 1998 film drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role |
| 34% | TITANIC | 7 | 1997 epic romance film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio about the real-life ship that sank in 1912 |
| 34% | TEQUILA | 7 | "___ Sunrise," 1998 film starring Mel Gibson and Michelle Pfeiffer...and whose first word is the primary liquor in 14a |
| 34% | THECONTRACTOR | 13 | 2007 American action film starring Lena Headey, that was released on direct-to DVD in the US: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TREVORNOAH | 10 | "The Daily Show" star whose surname is a person in the book of Genesis: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ROBIN | 5 | "___ Hood," movie starring Jamie Foxx which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 34% | OUTLAW | 6 | "___ King," movie starring Chris Pine which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 34% | LILYGLADSTONE | 13 | "Certain Women" actress starring in "Killers of the Flower Moon": 2 wds. |