| 100% | CARY | 4 | "Becoming ___ Grant" (2017 Showtime documentary) |
| 51% | STEP | 4 | 2017 dance documentary |
| 49% | XXXXX | 5 | Grant of Showtime's "Weeds" |
| 44% | LAMARR | 6 | Hedy of the 2017 documentary "Bombshell" |
| 43% | LAMARR | 6 | Hedy ___, subject of the 2017 documentary "Bombshell" |
| 43% | ULYSSES | 7 | ___ S. Grant (Union general who became president) |
| 43% | EMMANUEL | 8 | __ Macron, became president of France in 2017 |
| 43% | MACRON | 6 | Emmanuel __, became president of France in 2017 |
| 42% | APU | 3 | "The Problem with __": 2017 documentary about racial stereotypes |
| 40% | AIWEIWEI | 8 | Chinese artist who directed the 2017 documentary Human Flow |
| 40% | FYREFEST | 8 | Notorious 2017 scam chronicled in two 2019 documentaries, familiarly |
| 39% | NAM | 3 | Subject of a 2017 Ken Burns PBS documentary series, briefly |
| 39% | CARTER | 6 | "The ___ Effect," 2017 documentary based on a Toronto Raptors player |
| 39% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | Comedy by Tina Fey that became a musical in 2017 |
| 38% | TREX | 4 | Dinosaur that's becoming a Monopoly token in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | "Gaga: Five Foot ___" (2017 documentary) |
| 37% | APU | 3 | "The Problem With ___" (2017 documentary) |
| 37% | SKY | 3 | "Under an Arctic ___," 2017 documentary that follows six surfers who explore Iceland |
| 36% | ANDY | 4 | "Jim & ___: The Great Beyond," 2017 documentary which was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Documentary |
| 35% | NAM | 3 | Subject of a 10-part 2017 Ken Burns documentary on PBS, for short |
| 35% | APU | 3 | "The Simpsons" character at the center of a 2017 documentary about Indian stereotypes |
| 35% | ANDREAGASSI | 11 | American tennis star who became 30-Across's coach in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DLEAGUE | 7 | The NBA's farm system until 2017, when its first letter became G |
| 34% | EVIDENCE | 8 | "Amelia Earhart: The Lost ___," 2017 documentary on Earhart's disappearance which was eventually canceled |
| 34% | REEBOK | 6 | Global shoe company that Ariana Grande became a brand ambassador for in September 2017 |
| 33% | OBAMA | 5 | Subject of the 2020 documentary "Becoming" |
| 33% | SHORE | 5 | "Losing Sight of ___," 2017 documentary that follows four women who row across the Pacific Ocean |
| 33% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | In 2017, she became the first woman to win two National Book Awards for fiction |
| 32% | TWO | 3 | "Gaga: Five Foot ___" (2017 Netflix music documentary) |
| 32% | APU | 3 | “The Problem with ___” (2017 Hari Kondabolu documentary) |