| 100% | THREE | 5 | "___ Weeks Notice," 2006 dramedy about siblings who are forced to spend time together ... with 40a added in |
| 29% | EIGHT | 5 | "Twenty ___ Dresses," 2008 rom-com about a woman who seems destined to be a bridesmaid ... with 40a added in |
| 29% | MARK | 4 | ___ Twain, famous author who was friends with the scientist Nikola Tesla and often spent time in his lab |
| 25% | CAHOOTS | 7 | To be in __ with someone is to plot together |
| 25% | ALITO | 5 | Samuel who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2006 |
| 25% | EVACUEE | 7 | Someone who is moved to safety in times of war |
| 25% | SAUDIS | 6 | Women who were legally permitted to drive for the first time in 2018 |
| 24% | THEETHERSISTERS | 15 | Film about siblings who are real knockouts? |
| 24% | NEMO | 4 | Disney's clownfish who is lost in the ocean and trying to reunite with his father |
| 24% | TWO | 3 | "___ Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975 dramedy about a prisoner who fakes insanity ... with 40a added in |
| 24% | GATES | 5 | Melinda ___, philanthropist who was the TIME "Person of the Year" in 2005 along with U2 frontman Bono |
| 24% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" Oscar winner who was in the James Bond movie "No Time to Die": 2 wds. |
| 24% | NAOMIE | 6 | With 20-Across, "No Time to Die" actress who plays Poppy Turner in "Swan Song" |
| 23% | YOU | 3 | Word representing individual content creators on the Internet who were declared Time "Person of the Year" in 2006 |
| 23% | MBEKI | 5 | South African president who was instrumental in bringing the FIFA World Cup to Africa for the first time |
| 23% | OSIRIS | 6 | God who was said to be in love with his sister while still in the womb(!) |
| 23% | GEORGESCHULTZ | 13 | Secretary of State who was in office when the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed with Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 23% | SKIRUN | 6 | Where to spend time with moguls? |
| 23% | HAPPY | 5 | With 34-Across, 2023 bestseller by 18-Across about a broken-up couple pretending to still be together |
| 23% | EXILE | 5 | What many are forced to live in |
| 23% | ARMY | 4 | Force to be reckoned with |
| 23% | POWERHOUSE | 10 | Force to be reckoned with |
| 22% | GENE | 4 | Upshaw who is the only NFL player to go to the Super Bowl in three different decades with the same team |
| 22% | MARAT | 5 | With 31-Across, Russian tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1, at 20, in 2000 |
| 22% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | Emily Henry novel about a couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 22% | SIDNEY | 6 | Actor Poitier, who was known for his roles in "To Sir, With Love," |
| 22% | VISIT | 5 | "The ___," 2015 found footage film that follows two teenagers who are invited to spend a week with their grandparents |
| 22% | LOTION | 6 | "Did you hear about the poet who liked to dip his work in moisturizer? It was poetry in ___" |
| 22% | ORSONWE/NSLLES | 14 | Film director who said "I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time" |
| 22% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |