| 100% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | "The Wolf of Wall Street" director who co-wrote and directed "Killers of the Flower Moon" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | DAVIDGRANN | 10 | American journalist who wrote "Killers of the Flower Moon," "The Wager," and the works that inspired 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | KENNETHCHOI | 11 | Actor who played Chester Ming on "The Wolf of Wall Street" and portrays the role of Judge Lance Ito in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 53% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | He directed Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Departed," "Shutter Island," and "The Wolf of Wall Street": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JESSEPLEMONS | 12 | "Killers of the Flower Moon" actor who costars in "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TERENCE | 7 | Winter who wrote The Wolf of Wall Street |
| 47% | TANTOOCARDINAL | 14 | "Three Pines" actress who plays Lizzie Q in "Killers of the Flower Moon" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 45% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who wrote and directed the 2022 music biopic "Elvis" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LILYGLADSTONE | 13 | "Certain Women" actress starring in "Killers of the Flower Moon": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SARAHPOLLEY | 11 | "Away from Her" writer/director who wrote and directed the film adaptation of 28-Across, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival this month (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALANALDA | 8 | Hawkeye Pierce portrayer who wrote, directed, and starred in the final episode of "M*A*S*H" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | "Nomadland" director who directed and co-wrote Marvel's "Eternals" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SCORSESE | 8 | Martin, director of Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 41% | 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.) |
| 41% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" Oscar-nominated director who directed and co-wrote "Barbie" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | AUGUSTWILSON | 12 | Playwright of the month who wrote "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ZOEKRAVITZ | 10 | "The Batman" actress who co-wrote and directed 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CHUCKBARRIS | 11 | TV program creator and host who wrote the memoir "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind": 2 wds. |
| 41% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who produces and directs episodes of "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROBERTZEMECKIS | 14 | Oscar-winning director of "Forrest Gump" who also directed "Romancing the Stone": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JONAHHILL | 9 | Plays DiCaprio's The Wolf of Wall Street co-worker |
| 41% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GARETHEDWARDS | 13 | "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" director who wrote and directed "The Creator" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | KEVINCOSTNER | 12 | "Yellowstone" actor who co-wrote, directed, and stars in the 2024 film "Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | American musician who co-founded and is the Global Ambassador of the nonprofit organization "Keep a Child Alive": 2 wds. |
| 40% | TOMWAITS | 8 | 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who wrote the Rod Stewart hit "Downtown Train": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LOUISBRAILLE | 12 | Blind educator who invented the touch system of reading and writing named after him: 2 wds. |