| 100% | CAREEROFEVIL | 12 | 2015 sequel to 17-Across (3 wds.) |
| 69% | SYCAMOREROW | 11 | 2013 sequel to 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | LETHALWHITE | 11 | 2018 sequel to 17-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | THEDEATHCURE | 12 | Second sequel to 32-Across, which is being turned into a 2018 movie: 3 wds. |
| 51% | ALIENCOVENANT | 13 | 2017 sequel to 43-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CREED | 5 | 2015 sequel to "Rocky" |
| 49% | THEEVENINGSTAR | 14 | 1996 movie that was a sequel to the 1983 Best Picture winner "Terms of Endearment": 3 wds. |
| 49% | CREED | 5 | 2015 sequel to the "Rocky" series |
| 49% | LATELATESHOW | 12 | See 17-Across: 3 wds. |
| 49% | YOUCAMEFOR | 10 | See 17-Across: 3 wds. |
| 47% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Novel by Michael Crichton on which the sequel to 26a which was released in 1997 was based: 3 wds. |
| 46% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | Oscar-winning actress married to 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NEWMOON | 7 | Sequel to "Twilight": 2 wds. |
| 46% | FOLIEADEUX | 10 | Subtitle of the 2024 sequel to the 2019 film "Joker" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | COMEASYOUARE | 12 | Nirvana's follow-up single to 17-Across: 4 wds. |
| 44% | WATCHMAN | 8 | Go Set a __, 2015 sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 43% | UMATHURMAN | 10 | 2015 song by 17-Across, named after an actress from "Pulp Fiction": 2 wds. |
| 43% | INAUGURALPOET | 13 | What Bill Clinton invited 17-Across to serve as in January 1993: 2 wds. |
| 42% | THELAKEHOUSE | 12 | 2015 bestseller by 37-Across that brings together a novelist and a detective to uncover secrets from the past (3 wds.) |
| 41% | GRABACAB | 8 | Decide not to walk across town, perhaps (3 wds.) |
| 41% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | First #1 hit for 17-Across, which lent its name to a 2005 biopic: 4 wds. |
| 41% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | December 31st (when you can visit 17-Across to see 27-Across) (3 wds.) |
| 41% | INWANTOF | 8 | To need something: 3 wds. |
| 41% | INAWAY | 6 | To some extent: 3 wds. |
| 41% | MILDSALSA | 9 | What 17-, 25-, 39-, 49- and 60-Across and 3-Down combine to make |
| 40% | WORKSONG | 8 | 2015 Hozier tune certified 3× platinum: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KELLYOSBOURNE | 13 | Daughter of Ozzy and Sharon who cohosted 54-Across from 2010 to 2015: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | They're "easy" to find in 17- and 53-Across and 3- and 24-Down |
| 40% | CROOKMANIFESTO | 14 | 2023 Colson Whitehead novel that's a sequel to 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | STAY | 4 | Word to 17-Across |