| 100% | ASTAIRE | 7 | "Follow the Fleet" co-star, 1936 |
| 53% | SUBMARINE | 9 | & 21A 1938 adventure film starring Richard Greene based on 1936 Ray Millholland novel The Splinter Fleet of the Otranto Barrage |
| 53% | LOY | 3 | "The Great Ziegfeld" co-star, 1936 |
| 52% | MAGI | 4 | Wise men who followed the Star of Bethlehem |
| 52% | EXCLAMATIONMARK | 15 | It follows the answer to each starred clue |
| 52% | JESSEOWENS | 10 | Star of the 1936 Summer Olympics |
| 49% | TEST | 4 | Exam that can follow the last word of each starred answer |
| 49% | CANTOR | 6 | Star of the 1936 film Strike Me Pink: Eddie __ |
| 49% | OWENS | 5 | Track star Jesse of the 1936 Olympics |
| 49% | ERIN | 4 | "Dancing with the Stars" co-host Andrews |
| 48% | DIMPLES | 7 | 1936 family film starring Shirley Temple in the title role |
| 48% | ERIN | 4 | ___ Andrews, co-host of "Dancing With the Stars" |
| 47% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | WALKS | 5 | Word following the last parts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 47% | JAYZ | 4 | Rap star who co-owns the New Jersey Nets |
| 47% | JOHNSON | 7 | Magic ___ (former Lakers star who co-owns the Dodgers) |
| 47% | WHANNELL | 8 | Leigh, star and co-creator of the Saw franchise |
| 47% | HOUGH | 5 | Two-time "Dancing With the Stars" co-winner Julianne |
| 46% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 46% | HOUSTON | 7 | Co-star of The Bodyguard |
| 46% | EXPENDABLES | 11 | The —, 2010 action film directed, co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone |
| 46% | CHEWBACCA | 9 | Han Solo's co-pilot in the Star Wars films |
| 46% | JESSE | 5 | With 7-Across, track star at the 1936 Summer Olympics |
| 45% | JONATHANWINTERS | 15 | Co-star of The Loved One |
| 45% | LENADUNHAM | 10 | Star, writer, and co-executive producer of the HBO series "Girls": 2 wds |
| 45% | APE | 3 | The —, 2005 comedy-drama film starring, directed and co-written by James Franco |
| 45% | ORDER | 5 | The —, 2001 action film co-written by and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| 44% | DRIVERS | 7 | Those who should follow the advice in the sounded-out answers to the five starred clues |
| 44% | LOY | 3 | Co-star of the "Thin Man" films |