| 100% | ANGELSDONTDIE | 13 | 1995 memoir by 21-Down/23-Down subtitled "My Father's Gift of Faith" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | DEARMOMANDDAD | 13 | 2024 memoir by 21-Down/23-Down subtitled "A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew" (4 wds.) |
| 32% | HOMEANDAWAY | 11 | Bestseller by 29-Across/30-Across subtitled "Memoir of a Fan" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | HOLYCOW | 7 | Exclamation of surprise used by 21-Down Rizzuto (2 wds.) |
| 32% | OBAMA | 5 | Author of 1995's "Dreams From My Father" |
| 31% | ILLBEGONE | 9 | With 48-Across, 2018 bestseller by 21-Across/37-Across subtitled "One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | BILLYRAYCYRUS | 13 | Country singer who's the father of singer Miley: 3 wds. |
| 30% | NATKINGCOLE | 11 | R&B singer who's the father of singer Natalie: 3 wds. |
| 30% | CEVERETTKOOP | 12 | Former U.S. Surgeon General who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 29% | ITSYOURWORLD | 12 | Children's book written by 32-Across with the subtitle "Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | HARDKNOCKLIFE | 13 | Subtitle of the second album in a three-part semiautobiographical series by 39-Across (3 wds.) |
| 28% | DAWNOFJUSTICE | 13 | Subtitle of the 2016 film "Batman v Superman": 3 wds. |
| 28% | PARTOFME | 8 | Subtitle of the 2012 Katy Perry concert movie: 3 wds. |
| 28% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | Subtitle of the 2011 Justin Bieber concert movie: 3 wds. |
| 28% | THISISUS | 8 | Subtitle of the 2013 One Direction concert movie: 3 wds. |
| 28% | NOTFORYOU | 9 | 1995 song written by Eddie Vedder (birthday today) that was also featured in the documentary "Hype!" soundtrack: 3 wds. |
| 28% | FURIOUSLYHAPPY | 14 | Memoir by 46-Across subtitled "A Funny Book About Horrible Things" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SHESEVERYWOMAN | 14 | 1995 #1 hit by Garth Brooks about his lover: 3 wds. |
| 27% | VIVALAVIDA | 10 | 2009 Grammy Song of the Year by Coldplay: 3 wds. |
| 27% | HONEYBABYMINE | 13 | 2023 memoir by 15-Across and 45-Across subtitled "A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | Baseball great who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 27% | KNOWMYNAME | 10 | "I Don't ___," the original song sung by 17a for the audition of "America's Got Talent": 3 wds. |
| 27% | HANDSTOMYSELF | 13 | Single from Selena Gomez's album "Revival" that was influenced by the music of American singer Prince: 3 wds. |
| 27% | SHELOOKSSO | 10 | With 42-Across, 2014 debut single by 5 Seconds of Summer: 3 wds. |
| 27% | NEEDYOUNOW | 10 | 2011 Grammy Song of the Year by Lady Antebellum: 3 wds. |
| 27% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th US president who published "Dreams From My Father" in 1995, before his election to Illinois's legislature: 2 wds. |
| 27% | OFFICERBIGMAC | 13 | McDonaldland's chief of police: 3 wds. |
| 27% | BORNACRIME | 10 | Memoir by 40-Across, about his childhood as a mixed-race person under apartheid: 3 wds. |
| 27% | JAMESBDONOVAN | 13 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2005 historical drama "Bridge of Spies" which was inspired by a real-life lawyer named ___: 3 wds. |
| 27% | THEGLASSCASTLE | 14 | 2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls that describes her difficult childhood: 3 wds. |