| 100% | THEORIGAMIKING | 14 | "Paper Mario: ___" (2020 Nintendo game in which Mario battles Folded Soldiers): 3 wds. |
| 57% | STICKERSTAR | 11 | "Paper Mario: ___" (2012 Nintendo game in which Mario peels off collectibles): 2 wds. |
| 55% | COLORSPLASH | 11 | "Paper Mario: ___" (2016 Nintendo game in which Mario uses a Paint Hammer): 2 wds. |
| 39% | SUPERBOWLXLIV | 13 | 2009 game in which 15-Across won the MVP award: 3 wds. |
| 39% | FIXITFELIXJR | 12 | Video game in which 20-Across's title character appears: 3 wds. |
| 37% | MARIOANDLUIGI | 13 | Mustachioed brothers who are plumbers in many Nintendo video games: 3 wds. |
| 36% | WHEELOFFORTUNE | 14 | Television game show created by Merv Griffin which originally aired in 1975: 3 wds. |
| 35% | HALO | 4 | Video game in which players battle the Covenant |
| 33% | THERUNNINGMAN | 13 | 1987 science fiction film set in the 21st century about a battle-to-the-death television game show: 3 wds. |
| 33% | ANIMAL | 6 | With 16-Across, Nintendo game in which players encounter many different species |
| 33% | FREEZETAG | 9 | Game in which players stand still when touched: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LUIGI | 5 | Mario's brother in Nintendo games |
| 32% | PLUMBER | 7 | Mario's profession in the Nintendo games |
| 32% | LUIGI | 5 | Mario's brother in various Nintendo games |
| 32% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | Song for which Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in 2020: 3 wds. |
| 32% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | 1985 drama in which 1-Across played Sofia: 3 wds. |
| 32% | MAKEADEAL | 9 | "Let's ___," TV game show in which participants have to decide if they want to swap their item for a mystery prize: 3 wds. |
| 32% | GALAGA | 6 | 1981 arcade game in which the player battles insect-like extraterrestrials |
| 31% | HADES | 5 | 2020 video game in which Zagreus, the son of the title character, attempts to escape the Greek underworld |
| 31% | MRSAMERICA | 10 | 2020 Hulu miniseries in which 30-Across played conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly: 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEFLYINGNUN | 12 | Sally Field TV series in which she played Sister Bertrille: 3 wds. |
| 31% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | 2018 sci-fi film in which Olivia Cooke portrayed Art3mis: 3 wds. |
| 31% | YOSHI | 5 | Colorful dinosaur in "Super Mario World" Nintendo games |
| 31% | DRMARIO | 7 | Video game in which a Nintendo character tosses capsules into a medicinal bottle |
| 31% | LIFEGOESON | 10 | 2020 BTS song that hit #1 in the US: 3 wds. |
| 30% | CALLMEISHMAEL | 13 | Classic opening line of 15-Across in which the narrator introduces himself: 3 wds. |
| 30% | GOFISH | 6 | Card game in which you might ask, "Do you have any nines?": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SPACEINVADERS | 13 | 1978 arcade game in which the player is attacked by slowly descending aliens: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DEARJOHN | 8 | 2010 Amanda Seyfried movie in which Channing Tatum played a soldier: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THEIRONLADY | 11 | 2011 biopic in which Meryl Streep spoke with a British accent: 3 wds. |