| 100% | WEEKEND | 7 | __ at Bernie's, 1989 US dark comedy |
| 39% | UHF | 3 | 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic comedy set at a television station |
| 36% | BOSSES | 6 | "Horrible ___," 2011 dark comedy film starring Colin Farrell which made $209 million at the box office |
| 36% | VETOER | 6 | U.S. president, at times |
| 35% | DRAMA | 5 | Comedy's counterpart, at the Emmys |
| 35% | LOADER | 6 | U.P.S. staffer, at times |
| 35% | SEGAGENESIS | 11 | U.S. gaming release of 1989 |
| 34% | PARASITE | 8 | South Korean dark comedy thriller which won an award for the Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards |
| 34% | DRAMA | 5 | Comedy's counterpart at the Emmy Awards |
| 34% | TAFT | 4 | U.S. president who wrestled at Yale |
| 34% | LOTT | 4 | U.S. senator from 1989 to 2007 |
| 34% | SKY | 3 | It's dark at night |
| 33% | BROOKLYN | 8 | Bernie Sanders was captain of the track team at James Madison H. S. in this NY borough |
| 33% | AGE | 3 | At least 35, for a U.S. president |
| 33% | UNUM | 4 | One at the U.S. Mint? |
| 33% | TENNISBALL | 10 | Bouncer at the U.S. Open? |
| 33% | DEGS | 4 | They're earned at U's |
| 33% | AGE | 3 | At least 35 years, for a U.S. president |
| 32% | STICH | 5 | #2 at the 1994 U.S. Open |
| 32% | LINCOLN | 7 | Tallest U.S. president, at 6'4" |
| 32% | PST | 3 | Winter hrs. at U.C.S.F. |
| 32% | MIAHAMM | 7 | U.S. women’s soccer star at the Atlanta Olympics |
| 32% | LOVECHILD | 9 | Farrell and Weisz's dark comedy drama |
| 32% | START | 5 | "We Didn't ___ the Fire," 1989 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from his album "Storm Front" |
| 32% | TENNISRACKET | 12 | It's swung at the U.S. Open |
| 32% | UTHANT | 6 | Dag Hammarskjöld's successor at the U.N. |
| 32% | FLEABAG | 7 | Dark comedy starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge |
| 31% | ELLIOTACKERMAN | 14 | U.S. Marine Corps veteran who wrote the war novels "Green on Blue" and "Dark at the Crossings" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | GLEAMING | 8 | "So proudly we hailed at the twilight's last __" |
| 31% | ILIE | 4 | He beat Arthur at the 1972 U.S. Open |