| 100% | COLORSPLASH | 11 | "Paper Mario: ___" (2016 Nintendo game in which Mario uses a Paint Hammer): 2 wds. |
| 58% | STICKERSTAR | 11 | "Paper Mario: ___" (2012 Nintendo game in which Mario peels off collectibles): 2 wds. |
| 51% | THEORIGAMIKING | 14 | "Paper Mario: ___" (2020 Nintendo game in which Mario battles Folded Soldiers): 3 wds. |
| 41% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | "____ Live," a sketch comedy show on NBC, which 40a hosted in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PRINCESSPEACH | 13 | Royal character in the Super Mario games who wears a pink dress with a gold crown: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FREEZETAG | 9 | Game in which players stand still when touched: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OFFORTUNE | 9 | "Wheel ___," TV game show in which contestants solve word puzzles after spinning a giant wheel: 2 wds. |
| 38% | XMENAPOCALYPSE | 14 | 2016 superhero movie in which Olivia Munn played Psylocke: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 37% | OPERATION | 9 | Board game in which players use tweezers to remove a funny bone |
| 37% | TRIPLESEC | 9 | Liqueur used in a cosmopolitan: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PAYCASH | 7 | Use paper money rather than a credit card: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MOULINROUGE | 11 | Movie in which Nicole Kidman played a prostitute: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PRETTYWOMAN | 11 | Movie in which Julia Roberts played a prostitute: 2 wds. |
| 36% | POKEMONGO | 9 | App in which you may catch a Pikachu: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CASHCAB | 7 | Game show that takes place in a taxi: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | 2016 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher joins a mission to find a soldier who's cut a deal with a terrorist: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 movie in which 15-Across played a deity: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CLARASHEART | 11 | 1988 film in which Whoopi Goldberg plays a nanny: 2 wds. |
| 36% | INTREATMENT | 11 | HBO drama in which Dianne Wiest played a psychotherapist: 2 wds. |
| 36% | WIIU | 4 | Nintendo video game console released in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MONALISA | 8 | Lady in a Leonardo da Vinci painting: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IBAR | 4 | A letter-shaped beam used in construction: 2 wds |
| 36% | GOFISH | 6 | Card game in which you might ask, "Do you have any nines?": 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEROMANTICS | 12 | 2010 Katie Holmes movie in which she played a maid of honor: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SHOWBOAT | 8 | 1936 movie musical in which Paul Robeson played a dockworker: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Val Kilmer film in which 33-Across had a cameo: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ONAIR | 5 | Sign outside a studio in use: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ACTSOUT | 7 | Pantomimes, in a game of charades: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NOTIT | 5 | Call in a game of tag: 2 wds. |