| 100% | DEPTHOFWINTER | 13 | 2018 bestseller by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 78% | SHELLGAME | 9 | 2018 novel by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | THEBANDSVISIT | 13 | Broadway show by 40-Across starring 18-Across and Tony Shalhoub that won 10 2018 Tony Awards, including Best Musical (3 wds.) |
| 57% | THEOTHERWOMAN | 13 | 2018 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 56% | THISISAMERICA | 13 | 2018 Childish Gambino song, cowritten by 18-Across, that won four Grammys: 3 wds. |
| 56% | BALLFORME | 9 | 2018 Top 20 song by 42-Across featuring Nicki Minaj (3 wds.) |
| 56% | LOVEANDRUIN | 11 | 2018 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's third marriage (3 wds.) |
| 53% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | 2018 novel by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 40-Across for 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | BESTFOLKALBUM | 13 | 2012 Grammy won by 44-Across for 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | LOVELIES | 8 | 2018 song by 38-Across featuring Khalid: 2 wds. |
| 51% | THEDAILYSHOW | 12 | Comedy Central program hosted by 40-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 novel by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | THEBIGREVIVAL | 13 | Newest album by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | SUPERFUNNIGHT | 13 | ABC sitcom created by and starring 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | LETITROLL | 9 | 2012 song by 49-Across featuring Lil Wayne: 3 wds. |
| 51% | VIWARSHAWSKI | 12 | Fictional private investigator featured in 19 novels, including 28-Across, by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 50% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | #1 hit single by 18-Across and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 50% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ROBERTBPARKER | 13 | Detective novelist who wrote nine books featuring 18-Across and 40 books featuring Spenser (3 wds.) |
| 50% | ONLYTHELUCKY | 12 | 2018 collection of short stories by 31-Across featuring fictional police chief Kate Burkholder (3 wds.) |
| 49% | GLASSHOUSES | 11 | Most recent novel in the mystery series by 40-Across featuring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | THEGONGSHOW | 11 | Talent competition program (1976-1980) hosted by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 49% | THEDATINGGAME | 13 | Matchmaking TV program (1965-1999) created by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 49% | AANDE | 5 | Original network for the series based on the 18-Across novels by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 48% | 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.) |
| 48% | NINETRACKMIND | 13 | Debut album by 18-Across, released in January: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ISTILLBELIEVE | 13 | 2020 biopic featuring 43-Across named for a hit song by 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 48% | INTHEAYER | 9 | 2008 hit by 49-Across featuring will.i.am: 3 wds. |