| 100% | UPAND | 5 | "The factory is ___ running." (began operations): 2 wds. |
| 74% | UPAND | 5 | "The factory is ___ running" (functioning): 2 wds. |
| 65% | UPAND | 5 | "The factory is ___ running" (the factory is operating): 2 wds. |
| 55% | SHAWNJOHNSON | 12 | Gymnast who won season 8 and was runner-up in season 15 of "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 54% | THESIMPSONS | 11 | American animated sitcom which is running its 29th season making it the longest running TV series with 629 episodes: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CAMERONYOUNG | 12 | American golfer who was runner-up at the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews (2 wds.) |
| 50% | PHILMICKELSON | 13 | Three-time Masters champion who was runner-up to 53-Across at the 2023 Masters Tournament (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ELENARYBAKINA | 13 | 2022 women's singles Wimbledon champion who was runner-up to 33-Across in the 2023 Australian Open (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DOMINICTHIEM | 12 | Austrian tennis pro who was runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the French Open in both 2018 and 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra song that begins, "And now, the end is near": 2 wds. |
| 47% | CLAYAIKEN | 9 | "This Is the Night" singer who is running for Congress in North Carolina: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CASPERRUUD | 10 | Norwegian tennis player who was runner-up to 32-Across in the men's singles championship at the 2022 US Open (2 wds.) |
| 46% | AMERICANDAD | 11 | American adult animated sitcom featuring Roger Smith which is running its 15th season: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOEYLOGANO | 10 | Two-time NASCAR winner who was runner-up to the 2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in a double-overtime finish (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LETIT | 5 | The Beatles' "___ Be" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AWORD | 5 | "___ to the wise is sufficient": 2 wds. |
| 44% | RICKYWILLIAMS | 13 | 1998 Heisman Trophy winner who was the runner-up on "Celebrity Big Brother 2" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LETIT | 5 | The Beatles' "___ Be": 2 wds. |
| 44% | IBET | 4 | "___ the cake will be over in no time.": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EARLYON | 7 | Close to the very beginning: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DAYONE | 6 | The very beginning (2 wds.) |
| 43% | INTOW | 5 | Being hauled to the garage: 2 wds. |
| 43% | USEDTO | 6 | Was in the habit of: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WENTSLOW | 8 | "The pace of the train was not fast," say: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SOSAD | 5 | "The ending of the movie was __, I cried": 2 wds. |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Positive response after the vows are read: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GOAWOL | 6 | Run off while in the military: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ONUS | 4 | "This party and the drinks are ___!" ("Our treat!"): 2 wds. |
| 41% | DOGSEAR | 7 | "The corner of the page was folded over like a ___.": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ISEE | 4 | "___ what the problem is here" ("Finally figured it out"): 2 wds. |