| 100% | OTT | 3 | 11-time 1930's-40's All-Star |
| 55% | FISK | 4 | 11-time All-Star Carlton |
| 55% | BOGART | 6 | American Film Institute's "greatest male star of all time" |
| 54% | OTT | 3 | Giant star of the 1930's-40's |
| 54% | CABRERA | 7 | 11-time MLB All-Star Miguel |
| 54% | SUE | 3 | 11-time WNBA all-star Bird |
| 54% | IVERSON | 7 | 11-time NBA All-Star Allen |
| 54% | STEPH | 5 | 11-time NBA All-Star Curry |
| 54% | PROBOWLS | 8 | NFL all-star games for which 34-Across has been chosen 11 times: 2 wds. |
| 53% | STEPH | 5 | 11-time NBA All-Star Curry, familiarly |
| 52% | ALLEN | 5 | 11-time N.B.A. All-Star Iverson |
| 52% | CARLTON | 7 | 11-time M.L.B. All-Star Fisk |
| 51% | ALLIE | 5 | 40's-50's Yankees All-Star pitcher Reynolds |
| 49% | PATRICKEWING | 12 | 11-time NBA All-Star center born in Jamaica: 2 wds. |
| 49% | AGE | 3 | 40, for this constructor in 11 days' time (Eek!) |
| 48% | CHRISBOSH | 9 | 11-time NBA all-star who was part of the Miami Heat's Big Three with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade |
| 48% | REESE | 5 | 40's-50's Dodger star |
| 47% | ELGINBAYLOR | 11 | Former Lakers player and 11-time NBA All-Star who scored 60+ points in a game four times: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CARLOSSANTANA | 13 | Rock guitarist who is No. 11 on Rolling Stone's 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time (2 wds.) |
| 47% | STEN | 4 | 1930's Goldwyn star Anna |
| 47% | RACE | 4 | "RuPaul's Drag ___ All Stars" |
| 46% | PEPPER | 6 | With 61-Across, 1930's Cardinals All-Star (born 2/29/1904) |
| 46% | BENITO | 6 | Five-time All Star catcher Santiago |
| 46% | KOBE | 4 | 4-time all star mvp bryant |
| 45% | LOVE | 4 | "___ Story," 1970 film starring Ray Milland that's one of the highest-grossing films of all time adjusted for inflation |
| 45% | PETEROTOOLE | 11 | Star of 11-/40-Down |
| 45% | THEBEARS | 8 | 40-Across's beloved 11 |
| 44% | PLUM | 4 | Kelsey ___, WNBA star & all-time leading scorer in NCAA women's basketball |
| 44% | RAE | 3 | He's All That star Addison |
| 43% | ISIAHTHOMAS | 11 | *12-time 35-Down All Star and TV analyst |