| 100% | BARRYLEVINSON | 13 | "Rain Man" filmmaker who directed "The Wizard of Lies": 2 wds. |
| 51% | BERNIEMADOFF | 12 | Disgraced former financier played by 17-Across in "The Wizard of Lies": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LIVTYLER | 8 | Actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's front man: 2 wds. |
| 48% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 46% | GERIHALLIWELL | 13 | Birth name of the Spice Girl who released the solo single "It's Raining Men," and was nicknamed "Ginger Spice": 2 wds. |
| 46% | DJIMONHOUNSOU | 13 | Actor who played the wizard Shazam in DC's "Shazam!" and Korath in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy": 2 wds. |
| 45% | DONCHEADLE | 10 | "House of Lies" actor who narrates the 2021 version of 36-Across as the grown version of the 12-year-old lead character: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JIMHENSON | 9 | Puppeteer who directed the 1981 film "The Great Muppet Caper": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" writer/director who directed the 2020 film adaptation of 45-Across by 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TOTO | 4 | Dog who reveals the Wizard of Oz is an ordinary man |
| 43% | ALBERTEINSTEIN | 14 | Physicist who developed the theory of relativity: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GEORGEMILLER | 12 | Director whose birthday it is today, who directed the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" actor who plays the Tin Man in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JUDYGARLAND | 11 | "The Wizard of Oz" star who attended Hollywood High School: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Gunn, filmmaker who directed MCU's "Guardians of the Galaxy" and DCEU's "The Suicide Squad" |
| 43% | RALPHFIENNES | 12 | "Schindler's List" actor who plays the Duke of Oxford in "The King's Man": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | "Parasite" Oscar winner who directed the Robert Pattinson sci-fi film "Mickey 17": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 43% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | English author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Sense of an Ending": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American swimmer who holds the most world records (7) and is one of the fastest in men's swimming: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Good Night, and Good Luck" director who directed the 2023 film adaptation of Daniel James Brown's nonfiction novel "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TINMAN | 6 | "The Wizard of Oz" character: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | "Panic Room" actress who directed and starred in "Little Man Tate": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALGORE | 6 | Activist who's the focus of "An Inconvenient Sequel": 2 wds. |
| 42% | WALLISSIMPSON | 13 | American socialite who married the Duke of Windsor: 2 wds. |
| 41% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Actor who directed and played the title character in 1996's "Hamlet": 2 wds. |
| 41% | PENNYMARSHALL | 13 | "Laverne & Shirley" actress who directed "Big" and "A League of Their Own": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | Lead actor in "Breaking Bad," who directed the episode "Blood Money" in the show's 5th season: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | Actress who's the subject of 54-Across: 2 wds. |