| 100% | BOOTS | 5 | "Puss in ___" (2011 prequel to the 1-Across films) |
| 59% | WISH | 4 | "Puss in Boots: The Last ___," 2022 film starring Antonio Banderas that is a sequel to a 2011 film |
| 51% | REDDRAGON | 9 | Prequel to Silence of the Lambs film |
| 49% | SITH | 4 | Order opposed to the Jedi in "Star Wars" films |
| 49% | ITS | 3 | The "I" in the answer to 1-Across |
| 49% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | He voiced Donkey in the 1-Across films: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MERCURY | 7 | Closest planet to the 1-Across |
| 48% | BAD | 3 | Big ___ Wolf (character in the 1-Across films) |
| 48% | GMAN | 4 | Agent reporting to the 1-Across, familiarly |
| 47% | KEN | 3 | Name to the left of Watson on Jeopardy! in 2011 |
| 47% | ANEWHOPE | 8 | Subtitle added to the first Star Wars film in 1981 |
| 47% | NAOMI | 5 | With 37-Across, first Japanese tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in the world |
| 47% | CAMERONDIAZ | 11 | She voiced Princess Fiona in the 1-Across films: 2 wds. |
| 46% | STONE | 5 | Emma —, actress who played Skeeter Phelan in 2011 film The Help |
| 46% | ANI | 3 | Boy in the "Star Wars" prequel films |
| 46% | SOMEONELIKEYOU | 14 | 2011 follow-up to "Rolling in the Deep" that was Adele's second straight #1 single: 3 wds. |
| 46% | PREY | 4 | 2022 prequel film in the "Predator" franchise |
| 46% | THEARTIST | 9 | 2011 mostly silent drama starring Jean Dujardin that's one of six PG-13 films to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MARTIN | 6 | With 41-Across, "Psycho" actor who played Juror 1 in the 1957 film "12 Angry Men" |
| 46% | YANITSENG | 9 | Taiwanese golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from February 2011 to March 2013: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PRIEST | 6 | 2011 film thriller starring Paul Bettany in the title role |
| 46% | GREENLANTERN | 12 | 2011 action film starring Ryan Reynolds in the title role |
| 46% | HANNA | 5 | 2011 action film starring Saoirse Ronan in the title role |
| 46% | HUGO | 4 | 2011 adventure film featuring Asa Butterfield in the title role |
| 46% | HUGO | 4 | 2011 adventure film with Asa Butterfield in the title role |
| 46% | OSLO | 4 | City hidden in the answer to 1-Down |
| 46% | PULLUPYOURSOCKS | 15 | Step 1: Put in the work to improve |
| 45% | RIO | 3 | 2011 animated film about a blue bird in the rain forest |
| 45% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 45% | ARES | 4 | Daniel Sharman's role in the 2011 film "Immortals" |