| 100% | CELINEDION | 10 | "It's All Coming Back to Me" singer who plays herself in 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | DION | 4 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" singer Celine |
| 50% | CELINE | 6 | With 11-Down, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" singer |
| 48% | NOW | 3 | "It's All Coming Back To Me ___," original song by Pandora's Box that was covered by Celine Dion in 1996 |
| 46% | AHYES | 5 | "It's all coming back to me now" |
| 44% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who plays Debbie Ocean, sister to Danny Ocean in the all-female spinoff of the Ocean's trilogy: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played rock star Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |
| 44% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Singer who played Dorothy in 1978's "The Wiz": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ISEE | 4 | It's all clear to me now ( 2 wds.) |
| 42% | ORVILLEPECK | 11 | Country singer who played the Emcee in "Cabaret" after 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GERIHALLIWELL | 13 | Singer who had four #1 hits in the UK from 1999 to 2001, including "It's Raining Men": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays Tina Turner in the music biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | EDGORME | 7 | Singer who played herself in "Ocean's Eleven" |
| 41% | 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. |
| 41% | ITS | 3 | Celine Dion's "___ All Coming Back to Me Now" |
| 41% | DION | 4 | Canadian singer Celine known for her 1996 track "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" |
| 41% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | "Perfect" singer who plays himself in 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | AMBERRILEY | 10 | Singer who played Addaperle in "The Wiz Live!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "On My Mind" singer who plays Destructa X in Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" video: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | "Coming to America" actor who played the title role in 1998's "Dr. Dolittle": 2 wds. |
| 40% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | Australian actress who played Queen Elizabeth I in 1998's "Elizabeth": 2 wds. |
| 40% | QUEENLATIFAH | 12 | Singer who played the Wiz in "The Wiz Live!": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | "Hold It Against Me" singer who was on "The All-New Mickey Mouse Club": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JULIAROBERTS | 12 | "Eat Pray Love" actress who plays Lily's divorced mom in "Ticket to Paradise": 2 wds. |
| 40% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Gravity" actor who plays Lily's divorced dad in "Ticket to Paradise": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LENAHORNE | 9 | Singer who played Glinda the Good Witch in "The Wiz": 2 wds. |
| 40% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | "As It Was" singer who plays Jack Chambers in the 2022 film "Don't Worry Darling": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LIVTYLER | 8 | "Armageddon" actress who played the lead singer's girlfriend Faye in 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 40% | REGINABELLE | 11 | "Baby Come to Me" singer who collaborated with 44-Across on the R&B hits "Without You" and 34-Across (2 wds.) |