| 100% | CECILIA | 7 | ___ Payne-Gaposchkin, British astronomer and the woman who first explained the chemical composition of stars |
| 37% | RILEYKEOUGH | 11 | Granddaughter of Priscilla and Elvis Presley who starred in the first season of "The Girlfriend Experience" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who was the first to discover that the Milky Way was made up of stars |
| 34% | MARIA | 5 | ___ Mitchell, astronomer who was the first female professor of astronomy and the first American to discover a comet |
| 33% | AMYADAMS | 8 | Star of Enchanted and The Woman in the Window |
| 33% | LADYNANCYASTOR | 14 | First woman to sit in the British House of Commons |
| 33% | LIZAMINNELLI | 12 | "Cabaret" star and singer who won one of the first Grammy Legend Awards, in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 32% | QUINTABRUNSON | 13 | "Abbott Elementary" creator and star who was one of Glamour's 2023 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WILLIAMHURT | 11 | "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Oscar winner and star of 15-Across and 43-Across who turns 70 tomorrow (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 31% | TINAFEY | 7 | Actress/writer who was the first woman to be head writer of "Saturday Night Live," and the third woman to host five times (2 wds.) |
| 31% | HANKAARON | 9 | Braves and Brewers star who gained first-ballot induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 with 97.8% of the vote: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Star who appeared on the first cover of TV Guide (and who holds the record for the most TV Guide covers) (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SOLANGEKNOWLES | 14 | 12-Across and 28-Across singer who was the first recipient of the "Billboard" Women in Music Impact Award (2 wds.) |
| 31% | DISNEY | 6 | Company that created the characters who develop at the starts of the starred and double-starred entries |
| 31% | SANDLER | 7 | Adam, star of 50 First Dates and The Waterboy |
| 31% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | American singer and songwriter who became the first woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 31% | RUBY | 4 | ___ Payne-Scott, Australian radiophysics pioneer and the first female radio astronomer |
| 30% | FRANKLIN | 8 | Aretha ___, "Think" singer and the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 30% | MIA | 3 | ___ Mottley, Barbadian politician who is the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of Barbados |
| 30% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | Former California senator who is the first woman and first person of color to be inaugurated as vice president of the United States (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ASTOR | 5 | Nancy who served as the first female member of the British Parliament |
| 30% | HOWE | 4 | Julia ___, first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 30% | EDITH | 5 | ___ Wharton, "The Age of Innocence" novelist and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature |
| 30% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 30% | DAKOTAJOHNSON | 13 | Granddaughter of Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith who starred in the "Fifty Shades" film trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BESSEL | 6 | German astronomer who was the first to measure the distance to a star |
| 29% | DIDDY | 5 | P. ___, rapper and producer who is one of the richest hip hop stars |