| 100% | RING | 4 | (1/5) "One fine morning, an heiress returns from her shower only to find her diamond ___ (band) that she had set on the windowsill: stolen!" |
| 27% | TODAY | 5 | Morning show that has been on the air since 1952 |
| 26% | OPRAH | 5 | "The ___ Winfrey Show," one of the defining landmarks of '80s TV that had an impact on all talk show formats in the future |
| 25% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | The bright thing that goes on when one has an idea |
| 25% | DIRECTION | 9 | One ___, British boy band that was formed on the reality show "The X Factor" in 2010 |
| 25% | ALLY | 4 | "Austin & ___", comedy TV show that ran on the Disney Channel from 2011 to 2016 |
| 25% | RAGE | 4 | ___ Against the Machine, "Bulls on Parade" rock band that was set to reunite in 2020 |
| 24% | ICET | 4 | One of the first musicians to have an "explicit content" sticker on an album |
| 24% | AHA | 3 | Band that had the #1 hit "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 24% | EDEN | 4 | Survival thriller, set on an idyllic island in the Galápagos, that had its première at TIFF (September, 2024) |
| 24% | CSI | 3 | Forensic franchise that had at least one show on TV from 2000 through May 2024 |
| 24% | SUSPICION | 9 | 1941 Hitchcock film that was the only one he directed to win an acting Oscar |
| 23% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Only singer to have seven consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 23% | GOLDIE | 6 | ___ Hawn and Kurt Russell, celebrity couple who met on the set of "The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band" |
| 23% | SPINALTAP | 9 | Fictional band that uses an umlaut on the "n" in its name |
| 23% | JUGULAR | 7 | — vein, any one of four in the neck that return blood to the heart from the head |
| 23% | IFEATINGCAKE | 12 | Part one of six of a quote from the TV show "Gilmore Girls," that any dessert-lover can relate to?: 3 wds. |
| 23% | SAHL | 4 | Satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 23% | CARP | 4 | Fish with the ornamental koi variety that you could gift your mom as an addition to her Zen garden on Mother's Day |
| 23% | IGGYAZALEA | 10 | "Fancy" singer who is one of only two music acts to have their first two hit singles rank #1 and #2 simultaneously on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart (2 wds.) |
| 23% | HELLOIMMISTERED | 15 | Opening line from a TV show that debuted on 1/5/61 |
| 23% | ALLMYCHILDREN | 13 | TV show that debuted on 1/5/70 (end of the cry) |
| 23% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hasselhoff, American actor who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 1 to 4 |
| 23% | DIE | 3 | One of six objects hidden in this puzzle's 5×5 sections of white squares (and where you need to find the letters matching the value shown there) |
| 23% | HITWONDER | 9 | One __, band that has only one successful song |
| 23% | FINGERS | 7 | Found on the hands, kids have sticky ones |
| 22% | HERBALPERT | 10 | Only musician to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist and an instrumentalist |
| 22% | SWEETCHILD | 10 | 19a's hit song "___ o' Mine" which is the band's only song to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 22% | SAHL | 4 | Political satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 22% | RINGS | 5 | "Lord of the ___," guess the movie from the badly explained plot! "Group goes on an epic quest to return jewelry" |