| 100% | MASH | 4 | 1970 Robert Altman comedy that Pauline Kael called “the sanest American movie of recent years” |
| 33% | GIGLI | 5 | 2003 J.Lo romantic comedy that some call one of the worst movies of all time |
| 27% | CATS | 4 | 2019 movie musical that The Guardian called a "dreadful hairball of woe" |
| 27% | BECAUSE | 7 | Conjunction that was the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year |
| 26% | BLOOPER | 7 | On-camera goof that might be shown during the closing credits of a movie comedy |
| 26% | ILOSTIT | 7 | Pauline Kael book, ___ at the Movies |
| 25% | TWO | 3 | Number of years that passed before the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached African Americans in 25-Across |
| 25% | ILOST | 5 | Pauline Kael's "___ It at the Movies" |
| 24% | ORR | 3 | 1970 Sportsman of the Year |
| 24% | RAISINGSAND | 11 | Bluegrass album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss that won Album of the Year at the 2009 Grammy Awards (2 wds.) |
| 23% | PULASKI | 7 | Count called "the father of the American cavalry" |
| 23% | RAGINGBULL | 10 | Robert De Niro movie that AFI lists as the #1 sports movie of all time: 2 wds. |
| 23% | XXX | 3 | Movie rating that's the complete opposite of "G" |
| 23% | MONTYPYTHON | 11 | With 58-Across, 1975 comedy that includes the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog |
| 23% | ILOST | 5 | "___ It at the Movies" (collection of Pauline Kael reviews) |
| 23% | KESTREL | 7 | American raptor that's the size of a mourning dove |
| 23% | THEY | 4 | American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2015 |
| 23% | DRAGON | 6 | Year of the ___ (Chinese zodiac observance that began last month) |
| 23% | LORD | 4 | "The ___ of the Rings," movie series that features dragons |
| 23% | PERSONA | 7 | Ingmar Bergman film with a monologue that Pauline Kael described as “more erotic than all of ‘Ulysses’ ” |
| 23% | LUKE | 4 | Actor Evans of the recent movie "Good Grief" |
| 23% | OSCAR | 5 | Actor ___ Isaac of the recent "Star Wars" movies |
| 23% | SNOWGOOSE | 9 | Bird of the American Arctic that migrates south |
| 23% | MIKE | 4 | 2012 American League Rookie of the Year Trout |
| 23% | ORR | 3 | Sports Illustrated's 1970 Sportsman of the Year |
| 23% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that chooses a Person of the Year |
| 23% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that names a Person of the Year |
| 23% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that awards a Person of the Year |
| 23% | ADS | 3 | Org. that names a "Word of the Year" |
| 23% | INC | 3 | Magazine that names an Entrepreneur of the Year |