| 100% | YESTERDAY | 9 | 2019 musical-fantasy film starring 17-Across, 27-Across, and Himesh Patel as a singer who is the only person in the world who remembers the Beatles |
| 52% | YESTERDAY | 9 | Film starring Himesh Patel as the only person in the world who remembers the Beatles |
| 41% | YESTERDAY | 9 | 2019 Danny Boyle film starring Himesh Patel as a musician introducing a changed world to the Beatles |
| 37% | LAKE | 4 | "The ___ House," 2006 fantasy film starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock as two people who meet via letters in a time-defying mailbox |
| 35% | ESSEX | 5 | David —, singer and actor who starred as Jim MacLaine in 1973 film drama That’ll Be the Day |
| 34% | YESTERDAY | 9 | 2019 rom-com with 15-Across as the manager of the only person who remembers the Beatles |
| 31% | ANSELELGORT | 11 | "The Fault in Our Stars" actor who is also a singer and DJ who plays under the name "Ansolo": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | 17-Across and 26-Across writer who is the only person to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 31% | LITTLE | 6 | Stuart ___, mouse who boasts a remote-controlled car and can be seen in the eponymous 1999 fantasy film |
| 31% | NICKJONAS | 9 | "Jealous" pop singer who both hosted and was the musical act in a 2021 "SNL" episode: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KENSIT | 6 | Patsy —, singer and actress who starred as Suzette in 1986 film musical Absolute Beginners |
| 30% | THOMASRHETT | 11 | 17-Across and 28-Across singer who was the 2019 Academy of Country Music's Male Artist of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 30% | YESTERDAY | 9 | 2019 fantasy film starring Himesh Patel and Lily James |
| 30% | CURIE | 5 | Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fields |
| 30% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer of 15-Across, 9-Down, and 22-Down who will appear in the 2018 remake of "A Star Is Born" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ROY | 3 | British singer Wood who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of ELO |
| 30% | VEE | 3 | Bobby —, singer and actor who starred in 1967 film musical C'mon, Let's Live a Little |
| 30% | ELON | 4 | Musk who is the richest person in the world |
| 29% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |
| 29% | BINGCROSBY | 10 | Singer/actor who starred in 16-Across and the 1954 film 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Party in the U.S.A." singer who was both the host and musical guest on 2013 and 2015 "SNL" episodes |
| 29% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | Pop singer and former Nickelodeon star who both hosted "SNL" and performed as the musical guest in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MEGANTHEE | 9 | With 46-Across, "Savage" rapper who both hosted and was the musical act in a 2022 "SNL" episode: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | "Slumber Party" singer who is the youngest person to be both host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer who was MusiCares Person of the Year in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 29% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 28% | WARRIOR | 7 | 2011 sports film starring 27-Down and Joel Edgerton as brothers who are MMA fighters |
| 28% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 18-Across and 32-Across that was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2024 (2 wds.) |