| 100% | ASH | 3 | "Pokémon" protagonist whose storyline concluded in 2023, after 1,232 episodes |
| 30% | KISS | 4 | Band whose "End of the Road" concert tour concluded on December 2023 in NYC |
| 25% | LOMAN | 5 | Arthur Miller protagonist whose name is aptly found in "megalomania" |
| 24% | ONE | 3 | Episode number of "The Phantom Menace" in 1-/56-Across |
| 24% | MADAM | 5 | "___ Secretary" (show whose final episode aired in December) |
| 24% | ELLEN | 5 | Talk show whose final episode aired in May |
| 24% | STANLEY | 7 | Brand whose tumblers went viral in late 2023 |
| 24% | AYLA | 4 | The Clan of the Cave Bear protagonist whose name means "moonlight" in Turkish |
| 24% | IOS | 3 | Software whose seventeenth version was released in September, 2023 |
| 23% | SITH | 4 | "Revenge" race in Episode III of 1-/56-Across |
| 23% | CANYON | 6 | Ambush locale in Episode 1 of "The Lone Ranger" |
| 23% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield |
| 23% | YOURE | 5 | "___ the Worst" (TV dramedy whose final episode aired in 2019) |
| 23% | PERT | 4 | Shampoo whose bottles call it "the original 2 in 1" |
| 23% | ANAKIN | 6 | C-3PO was built by __ in Star Wars: Episode 1 |
| 23% | PADAWAN | 7 | Obi-Wan Kenobi is a __ in Star Wars: Episode 1 |
| 23% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen's novel published in 1815 whose protagonist enjoys matchmaking |
| 23% | PERT | 4 | Shampoo/conditioner whose bottles call it "the original 2 in 1" |
| 22% | PERSUASION | 10 | Jane Austen novel published posthumously in 1817 whose protagonist is Anne Elliot |
| 22% | THEBEANTREES | 12 | Barbara Kingsolver novel whose protagonist grew up in rural Kentucky (3 wds.) |
| 22% | ELON | 4 | CEO Musk whose net worth dropped after he hosted "SNL" in May |
| 22% | ILOVELUCY | 9 | 1950s sitcom whose title character sells Vitameatavegamin in one episode: 3 wds. |
| 22% | BTS | 3 | Group whose song “Butter” spent ten weeks at No. 1 in 2021 |
| 22% | DIEFORYOU | 9 | 2017 song whose remix hit #1 in 2023: 3 wds. |
| 22% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Northwest Division team that won the franchise's first-ever NBA Championship in 2023, after 56 years: 2 wds. |
| 22% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | AL West team that won the franchise's first-ever World Series in 2023, after 62 years: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 22% | ASH | 3 | Pokemon protagonist |
| 21% | LEN | 3 | British author ___ Deighton whose nameless protagonist was christened Harry Palmer in the film adaptations |
| 21% | SEINFELD | 8 | Sitcom whose four main characters are convicted of a crime in the final episode |