| 100% | REMOTECONTROL | 13 | 2021 novella by 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 70% | ICRY | 4 | 2012 hit by 49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | LITTLEJOE | 9 | "Bonanza" brother played by 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | WILDSIDE | 8 | 2021 song by 38-Across featuring Cardi B: 2 wds. |
| 60% | LORDVOLDEMORT | 13 | "Harry Potter" villain played by 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | WITHYOU | 7 | Hit single by 49-Across on 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | Inept British spy played by 49-Across in three films (2 wds.) |
| 52% | FILTHYANIMALS | 13 | 2021 book of short stories by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | JAMESOLSEN | 10 | Photographer played by Mehcad Brooks on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THESILENCE | 10 | Novella by 44-Across that imagines a massive technology failure on Super Bowl Sunday in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | WHATSNEXT | 9 | 49-Across song that debuted at #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ICAINTSAYNO | 11 | Song performed by 49-Across in 15-Across (4 wds.) |
| 49% | LETITROLL | 9 | 2012 song by 49-Across featuring Lil Wayne: 3 wds. |
| 49% | EYESCLOSED | 10 | 2023 single by 49-Across that was a #1 hit on the "Billboard" Adult Top 40 chart (2 wds.) |
| 48% | INTHEAYER | 9 | 2008 hit by 49-Across featuring will.i.am: 3 wds. |
| 48% | CHRISTMASCAROL | 14 | "A ___," novella by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 48% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Biopic directed by 49-Across featuring 49-Across as Shorty, a childhood friend of the title civil rights activist (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SORROWSONG | 10 | Poem about the innocence of children by 49-Across in her 1987 Pulitzer Prize-nominated collection "Next: New Poems" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MODERNFAMILY | 12 | ABC sitcom starring 49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JONNJONZZ | 9 | Shape-shifting Martian played by David Harewood in 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GORDONMALLOY | 12 | Helmsman and lieutenant played by Scott Grimes on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CLAIREFINN | 10 | Medical officer played by Penny Johnson Jerald on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THEFIGHTER | 10 | 2016 Top 40 duet by Carrie Underwood and 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | GEORGIABLUE | 11 | 2021 album by 36-Across and the 400 Unit featuring cover versions of "Nightswimming" and "Kid Fears" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | THINAIR | 7 | See 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LENALUTHOR | 10 | CEO of L-Corp played by Katie McGrath in 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | KELLYGRAYSON | 12 | Commander and first officer played by Adrianne Palicki on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TINYDANCER | 10 | 49-Across single covered by Tim McGraw (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BORDERSONG | 10 | 49-Across single covered by Aretha Franklin (2 wds.) |