| 100% | JJPUTZ | 6 | 6'5" All-Star relief ace with identical first two initials |
| 31% | BBKING | 6 | Blues royalty with two initials as his first name |
| 30% | SUSAN | 5 | With 6-Down, longtime "All My Children" star |
| 29% | BACH | 4 | Composer whose first two initials are J.S. |
| 29% | KTOSLIN | 7 | Country singer who uses her first two initials |
| 29% | MILNE | 5 | Author who went by his first two initials |
| 26% | FAR | 3 | With 5-Down, not at all close |
| 26% | ONCE | 4 | With 5- and 6-Across, storybook beginning |
| 26% | BINARY | 6 | Star system with two stars orbiting each other |
| 26% | SAINT | 5 | With 6-Across, the first pope, many believe |
| 26% | ONCE | 4 | With 5- and 6-Across, fairy tale starter |
| 26% | OLIVE | 5 | With 5 Down, liquid ingredient of 6 Down |
| 25% | LEXUS | 5 | Luxury vehicle that shares the same first two consonants with "luxury" |
| 25% | HOUGH | 5 | Two-time "Dancing With the Stars" co-winner Julianne |
| 25% | WORLD | 5 | With 5-Down, sporting event starting 6/14/18 |
| 25% | YUDARVISH | 9 | Five-time All-Star who's the first Japanese pitcher with 2,000 strikeouts in Major League Baseball |
| 25% | GAL | 3 | With 6-Across, actress who stars in “Wonder Woman” |
| 25% | PEI | 3 | Chinese architect with first initials I.M. |
| 25% | SLUG | 4 | Fittingly, it shares the same first two letters with "slow" and "slimy" |
| 25% | ARNAZ | 5 | Star with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 25% | BOOBAMA | 7 | First dog that shared its initials with its presidential owner |
| 25% | UNCLE | 5 | With 6-Down, US icon whose initials are U.S. |
| 25% | WIDE | 4 | With 6-Across, not at all likely to nod off |
| 25% | TRY | 3 | With 6-Down, if at first you don't succeed ... |
| 25% | BRANDI | 6 | Soccer star Chastain with two Olympic gold medals |
| 25% | BEA | 3 | "The Golden Girls" star Arthur with two Emmys |
| 25% | ABBY | 4 | Soccer star Wambach with two Olympic gold medals |
| 25% | AUR | 3 | Marshall Islands atoll of only 5.6 sq mi with several hundred people and two elementary schools |
| 24% | NIGHTY | 6 | First of two nearly identical words to a tucked-in tot |
| 24% | OBIWAN | 6 | With 39-Across, Jedi master first seen on 5/25/77 |