| 100% | MAKOTOKINO | 10 | 44-Across soldier with superhuman strength and power associated with electricity and plants (2 wds.) |
| 57% | MINAKOAINO | 10 | 44-Across soldier with powers associated with love and beauty, light, and gold (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Die Hard" actor who plays a man with superhuman strength in "Unbreakable" and 62-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SURVIVALOF | 10 | With 44-Across, phrase associated with 32-Across's evolutionary process: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | "Yummy" singer with the 2021 #1 song at 16-Across and the #1 album at 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEHANGOVER | 11 | With 44-Across, 2013 buddy comedy with Melissa McCarthy: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | 15-Across and 44-Across singer-songwriter who was honored with a Gershwin Award in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | UDONISHASLEM | 12 | Power forward and oldest active player in the NBA who is playing his 20th season with the Miami Heat: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SONYMUSIC | 9 | ___ Entertainment, music label which has been associated with artists like Alan Walker and Justin Bieber: 2 wds. |
| 31% | IVY | 3 | Plant associated with Princeton and Harvard |
| 30% | RICHARDKIMBLE | 13 | Role played by 18- and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SWEETPEA | 8 | Climbing plant with legumes and fragrant blossoms (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LILIESOF | 8 | With 44-Across, film for which 30-Across won the Oscar for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GOODSHIP | 8 | With 44-Across, boat in a song by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ALLABOUT | 8 | With 44-Across, "treble"-shunning 2014 hit by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | FREDRIKBACKMAN | 14 | Swedish author of 19-Across and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JETLAG | 6 | Malady associated with flying across multiple time zones (2 wds.) |
| 30% | BEHEMOTH | 8 | Massive monster with strength and powers |
| 30% | BLACKAND | 8 | With 44-Across, 2010 Wiz Khalifa hit that was his first #1 single: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NOWOR | 5 | With 44-Across, lead single from 4-Down's "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" album: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ORANGEIS | 8 | With 33- and 52-Across, television series set in a women's prison: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WHATMAKES | 9 | With 17- and 49-Across, 2011 debut single for One Direction: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LAKEHOUSE | 9 | With "The," 2006 romantic film starring 34-Across and Keanu Reeves: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ORANGEIS | 8 | With 32- and 35-Across, Netflix original series starring Taylor Schilling: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LIVINGWITH | 10 | With 28-Across, Netflix series about a man and his clone: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WEVEGOT | 7 | With 34-Across, 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ISLANDSIN | 9 | With 45-Across, 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ANTHONYDAVIS | 12 | Power forward who won an NCAA title with Kentucky, an NBA title with the Lakers, and an Olympic gold medal: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TINKERTAILOR | 12 | "___ Soldier, Spy," a 2011 spy film starring Tom Hardy along with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth: 2 wds. |