| 100% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | "24K Magic" music icon who partnered with Anderson .Paak to form 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |
| 34% | DIERKSBENTLEY | 13 | Singer of 15-Across and 29-Across who was honored with an Academy of Country Music's Merle Haggard Spirit Award (2 wds.) |
| 34% | PHILMICKELSON | 13 | Golf great who partnered with 26-Across in 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | Civil rights icon who refused to give up her bus seat: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Pop music icon who turns 70 tomorrow (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" pop singer who partnered with Justin Bieber on the 2020 #1 song "Stuck With U": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SHAWNMENDES | 11 | "Treat You Better" folk-pop singer who partnered with Justin Bieber on the 2020 top 10 song "Monster": 2 wds. |
| 31% | PAIRUP | 6 | Pick partners to form teams of two: 2 wds. |
| 30% | EMMYLOUHARRIS | 13 | Country/folk music icon who was valedictorian of her high school class: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country Music Hall of Fame singer who collaborated with 15-Across and 43-Across on "Trio" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | 15-Across and 44-Across singer-songwriter who was honored with a Gershwin Award in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DONNYHATHAWAY | 13 | Singer of 15-Across who also sang duets with Roberta Flack: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LUKECOMBS | 9 | 15-Across and 33-Across singer who won the 2019 Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year Award (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MORGANWALLEN | 12 | 15-Across, 38-Across, and "7 Summers" singer who won the iHeartRadio Music Awards Best New Country Artist in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Singer whom 15-Across claims to be the reincarnation of: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TOMBRADY | 8 | Buccaneers quarterback who teamed with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on June 1 for 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PATRICKMAHOMES | 14 | Chiefs quarterback who teamed with Bills quarterback Josh Allen on June 1 for 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KALIUCHIS | 9 | 15-Across and 32-Across singer-songwriter who was honored as the Top Latin Female Artist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (2 wds.) |
| 28% | LINDAHAMILTON | 13 | Actress who plays 30-Across in the 2019 sequel to 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BABERUTH | 8 | 15-Across great known as the "Sultan of Swat" who was honored with a "Day" at Yankee Stadium on April 27, 1947 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | PAULRODGERS | 11 | Bad Company vocalist who sang with Queen from 2004 to 2009: 2 wds. |
| 27% | OZZYOSBOURNE | 12 | Rock music icon and reality TV star who turned 70 on December 3, 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | DAMIANLEWIS | 11 | English actor who spoke with an American accent to play Nicholas Brody on "Homeland": 2 wds. |
| 27% | DIERKSBENTLEY | 13 | Singer of 15-Across and 29-Across who was awarded the 2018 Academy of Country Music's Merle Haggard Spirit Award (2 wds.) |
| 27% | LINUSROACHE | 11 | English actor who spoke with an American accent to play Michael Cutter on "Law & Order": 2 wds. |
| 27% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 27% | LIONEL | 6 | With 33-Across, Commodores lead singer and solo artist who never learned to read music |
| 27% | CHARLIEHUNNAM | 13 | English actor who spoke with an American accent to play Jax Teller on "Sons of Anarchy": 2 wds. |