| 100% | DEARMOMANDDAD | 13 | 2024 memoir by 21-Down/23-Down subtitled "A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew" (4 wds.) |
| 32% | ANGELSDONTDIE | 13 | 1995 memoir by 21-Down/23-Down subtitled "My Father's Gift of Faith" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | IHADSOMEHELP | 12 | 2024 Post Malone hit featuring Morgan Wallen that's about not taking all the blame for a breakup: 4 wds. |
| 28% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 28% | THISLOVE | 8 | "1989 (Taylor's Version)" song about the ups and downs of a relationship (2 wds.) |
| 28% | AMANCALLEDOVE | 13 | 2014 best-selling novel about a neighborhood curmudgeon who befriends the family next door: 4 wds. |
| 28% | MODERNFAMILY | 12 | A TV show about the Pritchett and Dunphy family, in which Sofia Vergara stars: 2 wds. |
| 27% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit parodied in a "Sesame Street" song about shapes: 4 wds. |
| 27% | FURIOUSLYHAPPY | 14 | Memoir by 46-Across subtitled "A Funny Book About Horrible Things" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington subtitled A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William |
| 26% | JACKINTHEBOX | 12 | Fast food chain known for its hamburgers and tacos, whose mascot has the body of a man and the head of a snowman: 4 wds. |
| 26% | HARDMILES | 9 | 2024 film starring 15-Across and 30-Across about a difficult bicycle ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon (2 wds.) |
| 26% | JAMESBOND | 9 | A spy for "MI6" known for his flair and Aston Martins, portrayed by Daniel Craig in the recent films: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEHANGOVER | 11 | Movie about three friends getting drunk and wasted in Las Vegas, featuring a cameo by the boxer Mike Tyson: 2 wds. |
| 26% | REGRETTINGYOU | 13 | 2019 bestseller by 41-Across about a mother and daughter coping with a family tragedy (2 wds.) |
| 26% | CATSINTHE | 9 | "___ Cradle," a song by Harry Chapin about the relationship between a father and his son: 3 wds. |
| 26% | FEAROFTHEDARK | 13 | 9th album by 40a, whose self-titled song went on to become a worldwide hit, especially once the live version was released: 4 wds. |
| 26% | ITOOAMAMERICA | 13 | Last line of a poem by 6-Down, which follows the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" (4 wds.) |
| 26% | RUNAWAYWITHME | 13 | 2015 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Emotion" and is co-produced by Shellback: 4 wds. |
| 26% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |
| 26% | SPEAKNOEVIL | 11 | 2024 horror-thriller starring 19-Across and 34-Across about a family visiting friends at their British estate (3 wds.) |
| 26% | GONNACOME | 9 | "A Change is ___," 1964 song by Sam Cooke about peace and the Civil Rights Movement: 2 wds. |
| 26% | HOWDEEPISYOUR | 13 | "___ Love," a pop ballad by the Bee Gees that has featured in movies including "Donnie Brasco" and "Sex and the City": 4 wds. |
| 26% | THEOTHERTWO | 11 | HBO Max comedy starring 16-Across and 28-Across about a family dealing with the sudden fame of a younger sibling (3 wds.) |
| 26% | GREATDEBATERS | 13 | "The ___," a 2007 biography directed by and starring Denzel Washington, based on an article about the Wiley College debate team: 2 wds. |
| 26% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ALFIESOLOMONS | 13 | "Peaky Blinders" character, played by Tom Hardy, who ran a distillery and was seen on the show from season 2 till 4: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BRANDICHASTAIN | 14 | 1996 and 2004 US soccer Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir "It's Not About the Bra": 2 wds. |
| 25% | THEMIDDLE | 9 | 2009-2018 ABC sitcom about an Indiana family, or a 2018 song by Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey: 2 wds. |