| 100% | HARRY | 5 | ___ Johnson and Beaux Raymond, TV personalities who won the reality show "Too Hot to Handle" in 2022 |
| 34% | OKETCH | 6 | Maryanne ___, Canadian seminary student who won the reality-competition "Survivor 42" in 2022 |
| 34% | BUDDHA | 6 | ___ Lo, Australian-Chinese chef who won the reality-competition "Top Chef: Houston" in 2022 |
| 33% | IGA | 3 | Swiatek who won the French Open in 2020 and 2022 |
| 33% | IGA | 3 | wi¹tek who won the French Open in 2020 and 2022 |
| 33% | SUSIE | 5 | ___ Evans, former Miss Virginia Teen USA winner who won the reality series "The Bachelor" in 2022 |
| 32% | TEDALLEN | 8 | TV personality who was a food and wine expert in the 2003 TV series, "Queer Eye": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TONIGHTSHOWHOST | 15 | TV personality hidden in the answers to 16-, 22-, 32-, 41- and 47-Across |
| 31% | RAFA | 4 | Nadal who won both the French Open and the US Open in 2019, to fans |
| 30% | IGASWIATEK | 10 | Polish 33-Across player who won the women's singles championship at Roland-Garros in 2020 and 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | IGASWIATEK | 10 | Polish tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PASQUALE | 8 | Joe —, comedian who won the fourth series of ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! in 2004 |
| 30% | IGASWIATEK | 10 | Polish tennis player who won the women's singles championship at the 44-Across in 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | American golfer who won the 2017 Open Championship and was runner-up to 49-Across in the 2021 Open Championship (2 wds.) |
| 30% | FOSSE | 5 | Jon who won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable” (October, 2023) |
| 30% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PARISHILTON | 11 | American socialite and TV personality who guest starred in The CW series "Supernatural": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALROKER | 7 | TV personality who plays himself in the “Sharknado” film series |
| 28% | MICHAELGAMBON | 13 | "Victoria & Abdul" actor who plays Lyndon B. Johnson in the 2002 TV film "Path to War" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ELI | 3 | Bengals' cornerback Apple who gave up the winning touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp in the 2022 Super Bowl |
| 28% | KURTWARNER | 10 | Undrafted quarterback who won two MVP awards and led the St. Louis Rams to a win in the 2000 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IGA | 3 | Swiatek who won the 2022 U.S. and French Opens |
| 28% | LEETREVINO | 10 | Golfer who won The Open Championship in 1971 and 1972 |
| 28% | OMEARA | 6 | Mark who won the Masters and British Open in 1998 |
| 28% | RESTON | 6 | James, journalist who won the Pulitzer in 1945 and 1957 |
| 28% | TONY | 4 | ___ Esposito, former Chicago Hawks' goaltender who 423 wins and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 |
| 28% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Reality show won by Maryanne Oketch in 2022 |
| 28% | OMEARA | 6 | Mark who won the Masters and the British Open in 1998 |
| 28% | CALEBWILLIAMS | 13 | USC quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | TREVINO | 7 | Lee —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1971 and 1972 |