| 100% | KATABASIS | 9 | 2025 R. F. Kuang novel about two doctoral candidates who venture into hell to reach their thesis adviser |
| 20% | THEODDCOUPLE | 12 | 2015 American sitcom starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon which is about two friends who learn to overcome their differences: 3 wds. |
| 19% | THATSUMMER | 10 | Jennifer Weiner novel about two women who become as close as sisters (2 wds.) |
| 19% | INHERSHOES | 10 | Jennifer Weiner novel about two sisters who don't have much in common (3 wds.) |
| 18% | USHER | 5 | R&B singer; person who escorts other to their seat |
| 18% | LOUD | 4 | "MacGruder and ____," '80s police show about two cops who are married to each other |
| 18% | MONEY | 5 | "___ Train," 1995 comedy about two cops who try to rob a high-tech train |
| 17% | BORE | 4 | Person who talks about their taxes for two hours, e.g. |
| 17% | SCARECROW | 9 | 1973 movie starring Al Pacino about two men who travel to start a business in Pittsburgh |
| 17% | LUMP | 4 | What someone who’s about to cry might feel in their throat |
| 17% | THERETURN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel about an injured army doctor who moves back to his home town (2 wds.) |
| 17% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Netflix series about two women who are longtime best friends, based on the Kristin Hannah novel: 2 wds. |
| 17% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 17% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," folk tale about two children who venture into a forest where a witch resides |
| 16% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 16% | BUGONIA | 7 | 2025 Yorgos Lanthimos film about two men who kidnap a CEO |
| 16% | LOSTINYONKERS | 13 | Neil Simon play about two boys who move in with relatives, adapted into a 1993 Mercedes Ruehl movie: 3 wds. |
| 16% | LOSTINAMERICA | 13 | 1985 comedy about yuppies who quit their jobs to go on a cross-country road trip |
| 16% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a man on trial for murder who wishes to make a life-saving organ donation (3 wds.) |
| 16% | ALF | 3 | Gov. Landon, who lost to F.D.R. |
| 16% | GLORY | 5 | "Blades of ___," 2007 sports comedy about two rival figure skaters who are forced to compete together at the World Winter Sport Games |
| 15% | ETAS | 4 | When Ubers are due to reach their destinations: Abbr. |
| 15% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost to F.D.R. in 1936 |
| 15% | WRITEIN | 7 | Candidate who failed to get ballot access |
| 15% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost in a landslide to F.D.R. |
| 15% | VISIT | 5 | "The ___," 2015 found footage film that follows two teenagers who are invited to spend a week with their grandparents |
| 15% | WHERE | 5 | "___ the Red Fern Grows" (Wilson Rawls novel about two hunting dogs) |
| 15% | BELL | 4 | "For Whom the ___ Tolls," novel by Ernest Hemingway about a volunteer attached to a guerrilla unit during Spanish Civil War |
| 15% | EARTHA | 6 | Kitt who said, "A man comes into my life and I have to compromise? You must think about that one again" |
| 14% | BISECT | 6 | To cut into two equal parts |