| 100% | APATOW | 6 | "This Is 40" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" director Judd |
| 86% | APATOW | 6 | Judd who directed "This Is 40" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" |
| 81% | APATOW | 6 | Director of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "This Is 40" |
| 70% | APATOW | 6 | Judd, director of Knocked Up and This Is 40 |
| 66% | APATOW | 6 | Judd who directed "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" |
| 58% | RUDD | 4 | "The 40 Year Old Virgin" actor Paul |
| 56% | NIAGARA | 7 | (3/6)"Our first stop is the ___ Falls. Fun fact: This 12,000 years old waterfall lies on the border between Ontario and New York!" |
| 54% | APATOW | 6 | “This Is 40” director Judd |
| 53% | SEXCOMEDIES | 11 | "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" |
| 53% | APATOW | 6 | Director of the 2012 comedy "This Is 40" |
| 52% | IJUSTMETYOU | 11 | "Hey, ___, and this is crazy ..." (start of the chorus in 40-Across): 4 wds. |
| 51% | OAKS | 4 | These trees can live for over 1500 years and one in Bulgaria is about 1700 years old |
| 51% | NACHOS | 6 | The International Festival celebrating these is held between October 13 and 15 each year at Piedras Negras |
| 51% | ERIC | 4 | Actor Braeden who has been on "The Young and the Restless" for over 40 years |
| 50% | RUDD | 4 | "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" actor Paul |
| 49% | TREX | 4 | English rock band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 49% | RON | 3 | Son who was 28 years old when his dad signed the "Immigration Reform and Control Act" in '86 |
| 49% | FRIDERIC | 8 | George ___ Handel, composer from the Baroque era who was born in the same year as 31a and has composed more than 40 operas |
| 48% | NOISE | 5 | Despite being inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Radiohead still produces this, to many people |
| 48% | HURRICANE | 9 | The list of names for this type of meteorological feature will include Nana, Omar and Paulette this year |
| 48% | MANN | 4 | Leslie ___, an actress known for her roles in "This is 40" and "George of the Jungle" |
| 47% | ROSSELLINI | 10 | Isabella who played Hitchcock, Chaplin, Fellini, her mother, and her father, in the short film “My Dad Is 100 Years Old” |
| 47% | CINDYADAMS | 10 | Gossip columnist and animal rights activist who is still producing work for the New York Post after more than 40 years |
| 47% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | 14-Across and 29-Across rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame who turns 50 years old this week (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ECLIPSE | 7 | This was Total and of the Heart, for Bonnie Tyler |
| 47% | PAULRUDD | 8 | Star of Ant-Man and This Is 40 |
| 47% | STAINEDINSTEAD | 14 | What was done to the back deck this time after the fiasco a few years ago with the paint and the raccoon? |
| 47% | NATASHALYONNE | 13 | "Orange Is the New Black," 24-Across, and 39-Across star who turns 45 years old on April 4, 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MUSEUMS | 7 | The Prado and the Louvre are these |
| 46% | SEED | 4 | Silene stenophylla produced the oldest - at about 32,000 years - one of these ever to have been successfully grown |