| 100% | ATRAP | 5 | "It's ___!" (Admiral Ackbar's famous line in "Return of the Jedi") (2 wds.) |
| 68% | TRAP | 4 | "It's a ___!" (line from Admiral Ackbar in "Return of the Jedi") |
| 57% | PRINCESSLEIA | 12 | Rebel Alliance fighter captured by 42-Across in 1983's "Return of the Jedi": 2 wds. |
| 51% | EMPIRE | 6 | It's defeated in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 50% | IAM | 3 | "___ Groot" (repeated line in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"): 2 wds. |
| 50% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Ackbar's oft-quoted "Return of the Jedi" line |
| 49% | JABBATHEHUTT | 12 | Slug-like crime lord in "Return of the Jedi": 3 wds. |
| 49% | CAREBEARS | 9 | Line of colorful stuffed animals introduced in the 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TODDRUNDGREN | 12 | "Hello It's Me" singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THEXFILES | 9 | American sci-fi TV show starring David Duchovny, that is regarded as one of the best and is returning with its 11th season in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 47% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 46% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JACOBYJONES | 11 | Baltimore Ravens return specialist who competed in season 16 of "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 45% | CARYELWES | 9 | Star of 33-Across whose memoir about it, "As You Wish," will be published in the fall of 2014: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LABORDAY | 8 | It's celebrated during the first week of September: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MICHAELSTIPE | 12 | Singer who came up with "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LEATHOMPSON | 11 | Portrayer of Marty's mom in "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CRISPINGLOVER | 13 | Portrayer of Marty's dad in "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ICECUBE | 7 | It's a "rock" in "on the rocks": 2 wds. |
| 44% | OOLA | 4 | Dancing girl in "The Return of the Jedi" |
| 44% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "It's Too Late" singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | 1967 hit for Jefferson Airplane with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 44% | AISHATYLER | 10 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" host who voices characters in the video games "Halo: Reach," "Gears of War 3," and "Watch Dogs" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | RONWEASLEY | 10 | The character Rupert Grint - whose birthday it is today - shot to fame playing in the "Harry Potter" series of films: 2 wds. |
| 44% | EWOK | 4 | Furry creature from Endor's moon, in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 44% | NEWYEAR | 7 | It's celebrated on the evening of December 31: 2 wds. |
| 44% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that's parted in the Bible: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "It's in my roots, it's in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | "Work It" co-writer inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |