| 100% | HOMECOMING | 10 | 2018-2020 Amazon thriller featuring Hong Chau as an assistant at the title company |
| 27% | TIME | 4 | "One Day at a ___," sitcom that featured an animated episode as the series finale in season 4 |
| 26% | RIPEST | 6 | At the peak of maturity, as an apple |
| 26% | EVASE | 5 | Widened at the top, as an urn |
| 26% | UNSEATS | 7 | Beats at the polls, as an incumbent |
| 25% | HIND | 4 | Located at the back, as an animal's legs |
| 25% | DIVA | 4 | 1981 thriller featuring Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez in the title role |
| 25% | FATALATTRACTION | 15 | 1987 thriller featuring the same characters as TV's "Californication"? |
| 24% | DIVA | 4 | 1981 film thriller featuring Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez in the title role |
| 24% | ENRON | 5 | Company at the heart of an early 2000s scandal |
| 24% | CEO | 3 | Title at the top of an org chart (Abbr.) |
| 24% | THENIGHTAGENT | 13 | Current Netflix action series starring Hong Chau as the White House Chief of Staff: 3 wds. |
| 24% | INC | 3 | Abbreviation at the end of many company names, such as Tesla and Zynga |
| 23% | DJOKOVIC | 8 | He won the 2018 men's title at Wimbledon: Novak __ |
| 23% | SCOOB | 5 | 2020 animated film featuring Will Forte as the voice of Shaggy |
| 23% | ELF | 3 | Assistant at the North Pole |
| 22% | DIEANOTHERDAY | 13 | Spy thriller featuring 46-Across as 29-Across for the last time (3 wds.) |
| 22% | NOHELP | 6 | Worthless, as an assistant |
| 22% | DEPUTIZE | 8 | Appoint as an assistant |
| 22% | TURNER | 6 | Pat ___, Olympic gold medalist who worked as an emergency doctor at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia |
| 22% | NEVERHAVEIEVER | 14 | 2020-2023 Netflix series featuring Niecy Nash-Betts as the therapist of teenager Devi Vishwakumar: 4 wds. |
| 21% | CRYPRETTY | 9 | 2018 Carrie Underwood album, featuring the song "Love Wins," that debuted at #1: 2 wds. |
| 21% | ONWARD | 6 | 2020 Pixar film featuring the voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt as elf brothers |
| 21% | LOLITA | 6 | 1997 drama featuring Dominique Swain as the title role |
| 21% | ONSITE | 6 | At the workplace, as training |
| 21% | WHILE | 5 | At the same time as |
| 21% | ANNIHILATION | 12 | 2018 thriller starring Natalie Portman as a biologist entering an isolated zone |
| 21% | INDUSTRYGAMES | 13 | Title track of the 2020 EP by 11-Down that also features 8-Down and 36-Down (2 wds.) |
| 21% | SING | 4 | "Where the Crawdads ___," 2018 novel by Delia Owens that was adapted into an eponymous 2022 thriller film |
| 21% | IBM | 3 | "Big Blue" tech company that powers stats and insights at Wimbledon as the official technology partner: Abbr. |