| 100% | JUDGINGAMY | 10 | 1999-2005 CBS show costarring Tyne Daly as a social worker: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ONAIR | 5 | Live, as a radio show: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WASON | 5 | Aired, as a TV show (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THESHAPE | 8 | With 19-Across, 2017 fantasy film featuring Octavia Spencer as a worker at a secret government lab: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ATLEAST | 7 | As a minimum: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KILLINGEVE | 10 | 2018 BBC America show starring Sandra Oh as a secret agent: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DUETO | 5 | As a result of: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GOTO | 4 | Show up for, as a party (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ASMAD | 5 | "__ as a hatter": 2 wds. |
| 29% | WOLFGANGPUCK | 12 | Austrian-born American chef, who owns the restaurant "Spago", and has appeared as a guest judge on many reality shows: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CROSSINGJORDAN | 14 | 2001-2007 NBC show starring Jill Hennessy as a pathologist: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BATMANBEGINS | 12 | 2005 film with Morgan Freeman as a Wayne Enterprises employee: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LIEON | 5 | Use as a bed: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SATON | 5 | Used as a bench: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SELLTO | 6 | Have as a customer: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SATON | 5 | Used as a chair: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BEPROUD | 7 | "To ___ as a peacock": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALLTOLD | 7 | Taken as a whole: 2 wds. |
| 29% | OFME | 4 | "Think ___ as a friend": 2 wds. |
| 29% | EMPIREFALLS | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 2005 HBO miniseries starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SATON | 5 | Occupied, as a bar stool: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ONICE | 5 | Chilling, as a wine bottle: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TAKEON | 6 | Hire, as a new employee: 2 wds. |
| 28% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as a conference room: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ADDIN | 5 | Contribute, as a new ingredient: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DUGUP | 5 | Unearthed, as a buried treasure: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ONAIR | 5 | Live, as a radio broadcast: 2 wds. |
| 28% | RANUP | 5 | Amassed, as a bar tab: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ONTOUR | 6 | Traveling, as a rock band: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ARUG | 4 | Snug as a bug in ___: 2 wds. |