| 100% | THELIBRARYBOOK | 14 | 2018 nonfiction work by Susan Orlean about a devastating fire in Los Angeles (3 wds.) |
| 54% | THEORCHIDTHIEF | 14 | 1998 nonfiction work by Susan Orlean about a collector of rare plants (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THELYINGWOODS | 13 | 2018 mystery by 44-Across about a boy who works in an orchard in rural Louisiana (3 wds.) |
| 33% | SANFORDANDSON | 13 | 1970s sitcom about junk dealers in Los Angeles: 3 wds. |
| 28% | CANDACEPARKER | 13 | Los Angeles Sparks star who accomplished a 34-/36-Across in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 27% | INTHEDARK | 9 | 2019 CW drama about a blind woman, or a 2011 song by Dev: 3 wds. |
| 27% | WHITEOLEANDER | 13 | Janet Fitch coming-of-age novel set in Los Angeles that has a flower in its title (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ANTHONYDAVIS | 12 | Los Angeles Lakers star who plays a Goon Squad member in "Space Jam: A New Legacy": 2 wds. |
| 27% | ALBERTPUJOLS | 12 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman who signed a $254,000,000 contract in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers who earned $85.5M in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LEGENDOFZORRO | 13 | "The ___," the second film about a great swordsman, who was played by Antonio Banderas: 3 wds. |
| 26% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in a sitcom about "nothing" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | Animated character voiced by 44-Across in a 2018 film (2 wds.) |
| 26% | DREWDOUGHTY | 11 | Los Angeles Kings defenseman who won a Stanley Cup championship and an Olympic gold medal in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 26% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "The Rockford Files" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | WITCHSSISTER | 12 | First book in a fantasy series about black magic by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 wds.) |
| 26% | HANSOLO | 7 | "Star Wars" hero played by Alden Ehrenreich in a 2018 Ron Howard film (2 wds.) |
| 26% | MIKECONNORS | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "Mannix" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | PETERFALK | 9 | Actor who played a homicide detective in Los Angeles on "Columbo" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | ELAINEBENES | 11 | Character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a sitcom about "nothing" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | ONEFINEDAY | 10 | 1980 Carole King song about a love-to-be that was recorded earlier by the Chiffons: 3 wds. |
| 25% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a girl starting kindergarten: 3 wds. |
| 25% | NEVERTOOLATE | 12 | 2023 novel by 31-Across about a widow making a fresh start in Manhattan (3 wds.) |
| 25% | VINCENTVANGOGH | 14 | Dutch painter played by Willem Dafoe in a 2018 biopic: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BOREDTODEATH | 12 | HBO original comedy TV series by Jonathan Ames, about a Brooklyn-based writer working as an unlicensed private detective: 3 wds. |
| 25% | THEHALFMOON | 11 | 2023 novel by 30-Across about a married couple running a bar in a small town (3 wds.) |
| 25% | ONLYTHEBRAVE | 12 | 2024 novel by 31-Across about a nurse in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power (3 wds.) |
| 25% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a boy and his dog: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ADOLLSHOUSE | 11 | Henrik Ibsen play about a woman trapped in an oppressive marriage: 3 wds. |
| 25% | HOUSEONTHE | 10 | "Little ___ Prairie," NBC TV series about a family living on a farm in the 1870s that ran from 1974 - 1983: 3 wds. |