| 100% | RAINEY | 6 | "Ma ___'s Black Bottom" (play) |
| 86% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" actress who plays General Nanisca in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 72% | VIOLA | 5 | "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" star Davis |
| 72% | DAVIS | 5 | "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Oscar nominee |
| 68% | BOSEMAN | 7 | Chadwick of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
| 65% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
| 59% | CHADWICK | 8 | ___ Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" actor who was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award |
| 57% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who plays the title role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
| 52% | RUM | 3 | Ingredient of black bottom pie |
| 52% | BOSEMAN | 7 | Chadwick who won a posthumous Golden Globe for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
| 51% | YOYO | 4 | Ma playing music |
| 51% | SPADE | 5 | Black playing card |
| 50% | SPADE | 5 | Black playing card symbol |
| 48% | JOHANSSON | 9 | Scarlett who's played Marvel's Black Widow |
| 47% | AUGUSTWILSON | 12 | Black American playwright who wrote "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom": 2 wds. |
| 47% | YOYO | 4 | Ma who plays the 8-Across |
| 47% | SPADE | 5 | Black symbol on a playing card |
| 47% | WIDOW | 5 | Black ___, character played by Scarlett Johansson |
| 47% | SPADE | 5 | Black symbol on some playing cards |
| 47% | WIDOW | 5 | Black ___ (Avenger played by Scarlett Johansson) |
| 47% | HARI | 4 | Mata ___ (spy played by Greta Garbo) |
| 47% | LEROI | 5 | Hugo play "_____ s'amuse" |
| 47% | WILLSMITH | 9 | "Men in Black" actor who plays Genie in 2019's "Aladdin" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MARAINEY | 8 | Early Blues singer who sang about the Black Bottom |
| 46% | ERIK | 4 | Black-ops soldier, ___ "Killmonger" Stevens, played by Michael B. Jordan in Disney's 2018 "Black Panther" |
| 46% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed orchestral instrument of the violin family that's played by Yo-Yo Ma |
| 46% | GARBO | 5 | Greta who played Mata Hari |
| 45% | CLUB | 4 | Black playing card that isn't a spade |
| 45% | ACTS | 4 | The play "Everybody Black" has two |
| 45% | CELLOSOLO | 9 | Cadenza played by Yo-Yo Ma |