| 100% | MILLIONAIRE | 11 | "Who Wants to Be a ___?," TV quiz show in which contestants answer multiple-choice questions to win cash prizes |
| 55% | JEOPARDY | 8 | TV quiz show in which the answer is a question |
| 40% | MAKEADEAL | 9 | "Let's ___," TV game show in which participants have to decide if they want to swap their item for a mystery prize: 3 wds. |
| 37% | NORMMACDONALD | 13 | "SNL" actor and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROSIEODONNELL | 13 | "The Flintstones" actress and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LAUREN | 6 | With 33-Across, "Good Girls" actress and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2020 |
| 35% | FINAL | 5 | "Is that your ___ answer?", catchphrase used by Regis Philbin on the reality show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" |
| 35% | CURIE | 5 | Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fields |
| 35% | DOC | 3 | "___ McStuffins" (Disney show about a girl who wants to be a pediatrician) |
| 34% | IKE | 3 | Actor Barinholtz who, with his father, won $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
| 34% | KEN | 3 | "Jeopardy!" whiz Jennings who appeared on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2014 |
| 33% | OFFORTUNE | 9 | "Wheel ___," TV game show in which contestants solve word puzzles after spinning a giant wheel: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SOYOUTHINKYOU | 13 | "___ Can Dance," Emmy-winning TV show in which Debbie Allen (birthday today) was a guest judge: 4 wds. |
| 33% | LIFELINE | 8 | Contestant's help on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 33% | GAMESHOWS | 9 | TV series in which prizes can be won |
| 33% | REGISPHILBIN | 12 | Original "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" host who was an NBC page in 1955: 2 wds. |
| 32% | FINAL | 5 | Like answers on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 32% | HOTSEAT | 7 | Contestant's place on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire": 2 wds. |
| 32% | YOUR | 4 | "Is that ___ final answer?" ("Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" line) |
| 32% | BUZZERS | 7 | Buttons hit to answer in a quiz show |
| 32% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | Late-night talk show host who hosts the prime-time game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire": 2 wds. |
| 32% | VIEIRA | 6 | Meredith of the "Today" show and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 31% | TVPG | 4 | A rating for TV shows, which was given to "Friends" |
| 31% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CHRISHARRISON | 13 | Host of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire": 2 wds. |
| 31% | COLEMAN | 7 | David —, sports commentator who chaired BBC TV quiz show A Question of Sport from 1979-97 |
| 31% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 30% | HEARTBROKEN | 11 | ... the fraternity guy who wants to be a cardiologist |
| 30% | HERMEY | 6 | Rudolph's elf friend who wants to be a dentist |
| 30% | ISABELWILKERSON | 15 | "Caste" author who was the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism |