| 100% | POINT | 5 | ___ guard (position played by 16-Across) |
| 68% | THIRDBASEMAN | 12 | Position played by 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | CENTERFIELD | 11 | Position played by 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | LEFTWING | 8 | Position played by 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | SHOOTINGGUARD | 13 | Position played by 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | MAXGOODWIN | 10 | Hospital medical director played by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | QUARTERBACK | 11 | Position played by 31-Across, who threw for 38 touchdowns in 2014 |
| 62% | POINTGUARD | 10 | Position played by Courtney Vandersloot |
| 61% | SUGARPLUMFAIRY | 14 | Role played by 16-Across in a 1954 production of "The Nutcracker": 3 wds. |
| 60% | PITCHER | 7 | Position played by baseball's Greg Maddux |
| 59% | KEEPER | 6 | Quidditch position played by Ron Weasley |
| 58% | GUARD | 5 | Offensive line position played by Quenton Nelson |
| 58% | EDGE | 4 | ___ rusher, defensive position played by Myles Garrett |
| 58% | CORNER | 6 | Defensive backfield position played by Deion Sanders |
| 57% | END | 3 | Tight ___, hybrid offensive position played by Rob Gronkowski |
| 57% | FASTBREAK | 9 | Play often run by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | FULLBACK | 8 | Football position played by Jim Brown and Larry Csonka |
| 56% | GOALIE | 6 | Hockey position played by Tony Esposito and Patrick Roy |
| 55% | MICHAELMYERS | 12 | Masked slasher who has been played by 16 different actors, including James Jude Courtney in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | CHE | 3 | Revolutionary played by 30 Across, familiarly |
| 51% | BOND | 4 | Role played by six different actors across 24 films |
| 51% | DONTWORRY | 9 | With 16 Across, 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde |
| 50% | DOROTHY | 7 | With 48-Down, character played by 1-Down/16-Across |
| 50% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Work by 16-Across |
| 49% | ASIF | 4 | Phrase spoken by 16-Across |
| 49% | ELI | 3 | Name contained by 16-Across |
| 47% | FREDDIE | 7 | With 38-Across, Queen lead singer played by Rami Malek in 16-Across/50-Across |
| 47% | GRAMMYS | 7 | Awards won 17 times by 16-Across |
| 47% | FIFE | 4 | Instrument played by some members of The Old Guard, stationed at Fort Myer, Virginia |
| 46% | ELF | 3 | Will Ferrell holiday movie directed by 16-Across |