| 100% | WHITEWEDDING | 12 | 42-Across hit song that plays over a bridal montage in a 1998 Adam Sandler film (2 wds.) |
| 38% | REBELYELL | 9 | 42-Across hit song that is featured in Metal Gear, Guitar Hero, and WWE video games (2 wds.) |
| 37% | IFALLAPART | 10 | Song by 42-Across that became a hit after a live-performance video went viral in 2017 (3 wds.) |
| 37% | BLUEBAYOU | 9 | Roy Orbison song that was a #3 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MRDEEDS | 7 | 2002 film in which Adam Sandler plays a greeting-card-writing-pizzeria-owner-turned-billionaire (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEENTERTAINER | 14 | Scott Joplin instrumental song that was a hit in 1974: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CRADLEOFLOVE | 12 | 42-Across hit song that was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1991 (3 wds.) |
| 35% | XOLOMARIDUENA | 13 | "Parenthood" costar who plays 18-Across/42-Across in a 2023 film: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SARAHCONNOR | 11 | Action hero played by 48-Across in a film series that began with 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ONEMISSISSIPPI | 14 | 2021 Kane Brown song with a state in its name that hit the top 40: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CENTURYCYCLE | 12 | Series of 10 plays by 14-Across, including "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," that chronicle life in Black America over a 100-year span: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LADYMARMALADE | 13 | Song from the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!" that was a #1 hit for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and Mya: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 33% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who played 19-Across in a 1996 film: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | 1964 musical film in which 46-Across plays a chimney sweep: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ELAINEBENES | 11 | Character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a sitcom about "nothing" that ended May 14, 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | HOLIDAYINN | 10 | 1942 film that won a Best Original Song Oscar for 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 32% | TIMOTHYDALTON | 13 | Actor from "Wuthering Heights", who has played James Bond in two films (as well as a third that was never released) : 2 wds. |
| 32% | LOUISEFLETCHER | 14 | Actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for playing 46-Across in the 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | IRONMAN | 7 | 44-Across song that shares its title with a Robert Downey, Jr. superhero film: 2 wds. |
| 31% | HAPPYGILMORE | 12 | 1996 film starring Adam Sandler as a former hockey player who starts playing professional golf (2 wds.) |
| 31% | FREEDOM | 7 | A hit song by Pharrell Williams that was used in the film "Despicable Me 3" |
| 31% | BLEEDINGLOVE | 12 | Leona Lewis song that hit #1 three separate times in 2008: 2 wds. |