| 100% | INCREDIBLES | 11 | 2004, with "The" |
| 100% | EMINEM | 6 | Singer with the 2004 album "Encore" |
| 100% | USHER | 5 | Singer with the 2004 hit "Burn" |
| 98% | CIARA | 5 | Singer with the 2004 breakout album “Goodies” |
| 98% | CIARA | 5 | Singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies" |
| 97% | AKON | 4 | Singer/producer with the 2004 debut album "Trouble" |
| 97% | ASHLEE | 6 | Simpson with the 2004 hit "Pieces of Me" |
| 97% | LOS | 3 | ___ Lonely Boys, group with the 2004 hit "Heaven" |
| 95% | MAROON5 | 7 | Band with the 2004 hit "She Will Be Loved" |
| 95% | CIARA | 5 | R&B singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies" |
| 95% | USHER | 5 | R&B singer with the 2004 #1 song "Yeah!" |
| 95% | CIARA | 5 | One-named singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies" |
| 95% | KELLY | 5 | Clarkson with the 2004 hit "Since U Been Gone" |
| 93% | JODI | 4 | Picoult with the 2004 best seller "My Sister's Keeper" |
| 93% | CIARA | 5 | R&B artist with the 2004 hit "1, 2 Step" |
| 93% | LAKEHOUSE | 9 | The __, 2004 Sandra Bullock movie with a mailbox |
| 92% | YEAROFTHEMONKEY | 15 | 2004 ... with a hint to the starts of 20-, 34- and 51-Across |
| 92% | SARA | 4 | Country singer Evans with the 2004 hit “Suds in the Bucket” |
| 90% | GREENDAY | 8 | Rock trio with the 2004 single "Boulevard of Broken Dreams": 2 wds. |
| 90% | TAIPEI | 6 | Island capital with the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010 |
| 89% | IROBOT | 6 | 2004 film with the tagline "One man saw it coming" |
| 86% | KRANKS | 6 | "Christmas With the ___" (2004 film) |
| 84% | SPLASHING | 9 | Remake of the 2004 film "Spanglish" with more swimming pool scenes? |
| 80% | ALAMO | 5 | 2004 historical film, with "The" |
| 80% | FROGS | 5 | 2004 Sondheim musical, with "The" |
| 80% | BOSTONREDSOX | 12 | Team with which 30-Across won the World Series in 2004: 3 wds. |
| 78% | DRACULA | 7 | Van Helsing vs. ___, iconic showdown with a vampire in the 2004 movie "Van Helsing" |
| 78% | FLOW | 4 | Go with the_____ |
| 78% | SOTHAT | 6 | With the result |
| 78% | DOWNSTREAM | 10 | With the current |