| 100% | CHRISDAUGHTRY | 13 | "Home" singer playing Judas in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | Pop singer playing Penny Pingleton in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | Country singer played by 44-Across in the 1980 biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 53% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | Portrayer of Sugar Kane in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TONYCURTIS | 10 | Portrayer of Joe and Josephine in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JACKLEMMON | 10 | Portrayer of Jerry and Daphne in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MICKJAGGER | 10 | Rolling Stones singer played by Nick Eversman in "Get On Up": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LITTLERICHARD | 13 | "Long Tall Sally" singer played by Brandon Mychal Smith in "Get On Up": 2 wds. |
| 48% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | "Perfect" singer who plays himself in 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | AMBERRILEY | 10 | Singer who played Addaperle in "The Wiz Live!": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SALDURANTE | 10 | Fan who caught 42-Across's record-breaking 61st home run in 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JEREMYCAMP | 10 | Singer/songwriter played by K.J. Apa in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Singer who played Dorothy in 1978's "The Wiz": 2 wds. |
| 47% | WHITEWEDDING | 12 | 42-Across hit song that plays over a bridal montage in a 1998 Adam Sandler film (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JUDYGARLAND | 11 | She played Dorothy in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | FLORENCEPUGH | 12 | "Dune: Part Two" actress who plays Almut in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Singer played by Zoe Saldaña in a 2016 musical biopic (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SMOKEYROBINSON | 14 | 42-Across singer/songwriter who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer played by Val Kilmer in the music biopic "The Doors" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | Singer played by Jennifer Hudson in the 2021 musical biopic "Respect" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | PETULACLARK | 11 | "Downtown" singer who played showgirl Katherine Bridges in 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | TONYAHARDING | 12 | Figure skater played by 42-Across in a 2017 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 46% | DAISYRIDLEY | 11 | Actress who plays Rey in "Star Wars: 42-Across" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | RITCHIEVALENS | 13 | Singer played by Lou Diamond Phillips in the music biopic "La Bamba" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | TRACYSTALLARD | 13 | Boston Red Sox pitcher who gave up 42-Across's record-breaking 61st home run in 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LUKESKYWALKER | 13 | 42-Across character played by Mark Hamill in "Star Wars: 42-Across" (2 wds.) |