| 100% | IDIE | 4 | "Each Dawn ___ " (Cagney film) |
| 100% | IDIE | 4 | "Each Dawn __" (Cagney film) |
| 100% | IDIE | 4 | "Each Dawn ___" (Cagney film) |
| 69% | WHITEHEAT | 9 | Cagney film |
| 64% | WHITEHEAT | 9 | 1949 Cagney film |
| 64% | GMEN | 4 | 1935 Cagney film |
| 63% | GMEN | 4 | 1935 Cagney crime film |
| 61% | OFA | 3 | "Man __ Thousand Faces"; Cagney film |
| 55% | EACH | 4 | "___ Dawn I Die" (James Cagney flick) |
| 55% | EACH | 4 | "___ Dawn I Die" (James Cagney movie) |
| 55% | GMEN | 4 | 1935 James Cagney crime film |
| 54% | SWIT | 4 | Cagney player in the "Cagney & Lacey" pilot film |
| 53% | BRADPITTED | 10 | ___ two film studios against each other |
| 51% | TILL | 4 | "From Dusk ___ Dawn" (1996 George Clooney film) |
| 51% | TILL | 4 | "From Dusk ___ Dawn" (George Clooney vampire film) |
| 48% | EACHDAWNIDIE | 12 | 1939 crime film starring James Cagney and George Raft |
| 48% | WHITEHEAT | 9 | 1949 crime film starring James Cagney and Virginia Mayo |
| 48% | GMEN | 4 | 1935 action film starring James Cagney as 'Brick' Davis |
| 48% | MISTERROBERTS | 13 | 1955 naval comedy film starring James Cagney: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ENSEMBLECAST | 12 | Feature of each of the nine Star Wars films |
| 47% | SHAKESPEAREPLAY | 15 | What the film answering each starred clue was inspired by |
| 45% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows each starred answer to complete a film title |
| 42% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 41% | EACH | 4 | "___ Dawn I Die" (Cagney/Raft flick) |
| 41% | MARIN | 5 | Cheech ___, "From Dusk Till Dawn" actor who plays Julio in the 2023 film "Champions" |
| 39% | BATMAN | 6 | "___ v Superman: Dawn of Justice," 2016 superhero crossover film starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill |
| 39% | CHARLOTTE | 9 | ___ Gainsbourg, "Promise at Dawn" actress who stars in the mystery film "The Pale Blue Eye" |
| 39% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 Gosling/Stone film ... and, as shown by circles, what each of four answers is |
| 38% | STAG | 4 | ___ film |