| 100% | MANA | 4 | "Every ___ Tiger" (1999 book by Tom Clancy): 2 wds. |
| 65% | MANA | 4 | Tom Clancy's "Every ___ Tiger": 2 wds. |
| 56% | HOWI | 4 | "___ Play Golf" (best-selling book by Tiger Woods): 2 wds. |
| 45% | FREEFALLIN | 10 | 1989 rock song by Tom Petty: 2 wds. |
| 45% | THEART | 6 | "___ of War," book by Sun Tzu: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THEWAITING | 10 | 1981 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MANA | 4 | Tom Clancy's "Every ___ Tiger" |
| 44% | GHOSTRECON | 10 | Tom Clancy video game franchise about an intelligence-gathering special-ops squad: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JIMLOVELL | 9 | Real-life astronaut played by Tom Hanks in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 43% | RAINBOWSIX | 10 | Tom Clancy video game franchise about a counterterrorist unit with a colorful title: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SPLINTERCELL | 12 | Tom Clancy video game franchise about a black-ops subdivision within the NSA: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 comedy-drama: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LARRYCROWNE | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2011 romantic comedy: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ETHANHUNT | 9 | Fictional spy played by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible" film series: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Real-life congressman played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 movie: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BENBRADLEE | 10 | Real-life newspaper editor played by Tom Hanks in "The Post": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DARKLYDREAMING | 14 | "___ Dexter," book by Jeff Lindsay which inspired the TV series "Dexter": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MATCHGIRL | 9 | "The Little ___," children's Christmas-themed book by Hans Christian Andersen: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ICHABODCRANE | 12 | Hero of 13-Across, played by Tom Mison: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SILENTSPRING | 12 | Book by 19-Across that challenged the use of chemical pesticides and sparked environmentalism: 2 wds. |
| 42% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 1994 Oscar-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ITSOK | 5 | "___", song by Tom Rosenthal, featured in the trailers of "Comet" and "Anesthesia" : 2 wds. |
| 42% | WONTBACKDOWN | 12 | "I ___," 1989 song by Tom Petty from the album "Full Moon Fever": 2 wds. |
| 42% | TOMPARKER | 9 | Real-life talent manager and "Colonel" played by Tom Hanks in "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 42% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Award-winning 1985 book by 44-Across that features a "toxic event": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BACKTOBLOOD | 11 | Novel about Cuban immigrants by Tom Wolfe (March 2, 1930-May 14, 2018) (3 wds.) |
| 41% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Real-life Oscar-winning animator played by Tom Hanks in a 2013 movie: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FREDROGERS | 10 | Real-life children's entertainer played by Tom Hanks in a 2019 movie: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OURTURN | 7 | "It's ___ to Eat," book by journalist Michela Wrong about a Kenyan whistleblower: 2 wds. |