| 100% | DRAMAS | 6 | "The Last of Us" and "The Wire," e.g. |
| 69% | LANCE | 5 | Late actor Reddick of Fringe and The Wire |
| 66% | HBO | 3 | "The Last of Us" and "House of the Dragon" network: Abbr. |
| 62% | KOREANS | 7 | The stars of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden,” e.g. |
| 61% | MYTH | 4 | The tale of Echo and Narcissus, e.g. |
| 60% | PMS | 3 | The leaders of Thailand and Malaysia, e.g., for short |
| 60% | ESS | 3 | The last of us? |
| 58% | HBO | 3 | Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us" |
| 58% | NICO | 4 | The Last of Us actress Parker |
| 58% | PEDRO | 5 | The Last of Us star Pascal |
| 58% | ESTONIA | 7 | Member of the U.N. since 1991 and the E.U. since 2004 |
| 56% | RUN | 3 | Do the last part of a triathlon, e.g. |
| 56% | SYZYGY | 6 | Alignment of the sun, earth and moon, e.g. |
| 56% | AGCY | 4 | Arm of the U.N., e.g. |
| 56% | NICKOFFERMAN | 12 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays Bill on "The Last of Us" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | TESS | 4 | Character name on both "This Is Us" and "The Last of Us" |
| 55% | RAMSEY | 6 | Actor Bella, Ellie in The Last of Us |
| 55% | SERBS | 5 | Jokic and Jovic of the NBA, e.g. |
| 55% | NICK | 4 | ___ Offerman, "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays Bill in HBO's "The Last of Us" |
| 55% | GANGS | 5 | The Sharks and the Jets of "West Side Story," e.g. |
| 55% | ACAPPELLAGROUPS | 15 | The Barden Bellas and the Treblemakers of “Pitch Perfect,” e.g. |
| 55% | SLAVEREBELLIONS | 15 | The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. |
| 55% | PARKER | 6 | Sarah in 2023 series The Last of Us, Nico __ |
| 55% | LORE | 4 | Romulus, Remus and the founding of Rome, e.g. |
| 54% | OSHKOSH | 7 | US city and summer resort in E Wisconsin situated on the western shore of Lake Winnebago |
| 54% | BINGHAM | 7 | Hiram —, historian and later US Senator who discovered the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu |
| 54% | MUPPET | 6 | Member of the band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, e.g. |
| 54% | INITS | 5 | The "F" and "B" of Samuel F. B. Morse, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 54% | NOVEL | 5 | "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," e.g. |
| 53% | SEPTETS | 7 | The colors of the rainbow and the days of the week, e.g. |