| 100% | SETYOUFREE | 10 | #1 album on which 17-Across appears: 3 wds. |
| 60% | SHADESOFBLUE | 12 | NBC crime drama on which 17-Across played cop Tess Nazario: 3 wds. |
| 59% | SONSOFANARCHY | 13 | FX crime drama on which 17-Across played Jax's ex-wife Wendy Case: 3 wds. |
| 49% | THEGLEEPROJECT | 14 | Oxygen reality competition series on which 16- and 55-Across both appeared: 3 wds. |
| 46% | HOTINCLEVELAND | 14 | 2010-2015 sitcom on which 27-/40-Across played Elka Ostrovsky: 3 wds. |
| 46% | THEGOLDENGIRLS | 14 | 1985-1992 sitcom on which 27-/40-Across played Rose Nylund: 3 wds. |
| 44% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | HBO fantasy series on which 18-Across played Lyanna Mormont: 3 wds. |
| 43% | MRSROBINSON | 11 | Song by Simon & Garfunkel which was included in the 1967 film "The Graduate" and originally appeared on the album "Bookends": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ORANGEISTHE | 11 | With 43-Across, Netflix drama on which 19-Across plays Red: 3 wds. |
| 42% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | TV talent show on which One Direction was discovered: 3 wds. |
| 41% | CLOSETOHOME | 11 | CBS show on which Cress Williams played Detective Ed Williams: 3 wds. |
| 41% | THEFIRSTLADY | 12 | Showtime anthology series on which Gillian Anderson played Eleanor Roosevelt: 3 wds. |
| 40% | WHYWOMENKILL | 12 | Dark comedy on which Lucy Liu plays 1980s socialite Simone Grove: 3 wds. |
| 40% | CALYPSO | 7 | Belafonte #1 album on which "Day-O" was the first track |
| 40% | THEFOURTHOFJULY | 15 | Date on which 17-, 24- and 36-Across died |
| 40% | THEDAILYSHOW | 12 | Jon Stewart program on which Steve Carell was once a regular correspondent: 3 wds. |
| 40% | HARTOFDIXIE | 11 | CW show on which Cress Williams played the mayor of Bluebell, Alabama: 3 wds. |
| 40% | FALLOUTBOY | 10 | Illinois rock band with the #1 album "Infinity on High" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | PLASTICHEARTS | 13 | 2020 album by 38-Across that debuted at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Top Rock Albums chart (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THELASTSUPPER | 13 | Biblical Leonardo da Vinci work on which Warhol based more than 100 paintings: 3 wds. |
| 39% | WHOSTHEBOSS | 11 | 1984-1992 sitcom on which Tony Danza played live-in housekeeper Tony Micelli: 3 wds. |
| 39% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | 17-Across and 27-Across singer whose 2023 single "Flowers" debuted at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Global 200 chart in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TIKTOK | 6 | 2009 debut single by Kesha from her album "Animal" which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HARRYCONNICKJR | 14 | Singer/songwriter born September 11 who has had nine #1 albums on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart (3 wds.) |
| 38% | REARVIEWTOWN | 12 | 2018 #1 album by 35-Across with four hit singles, including 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Novel by Michael Crichton on which the sequel to 26a which was released in 1997 was based: 3 wds. |
| 37% | ABC | 3 | Network on which the show named for 18-Across appeared |
| 37% | IFIKNOWME | 9 | Album by 28-Across that reached #1 on the Top Country Albums chart in 2020 (4 wds.) |
| 37% | WIND | 4 | "Idiot ___," 1975 song by Bob Dylan which appeared in his album, "Blood On the Tracks" |
| 37% | LIFECHANGES | 11 | Grammy-nominated 2017 album by 36-Across that had four No. 1 hit songs on Billboard's U.S. Country Airplay chart (2 wds.) |