| 100% | PRIMETIME | 9 | 8 to 11 p.m., for TV programming in the eastern and western US: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TENPM | 5 | Prime-time TV hour in the Eastern and Pacific time zones: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CHUCKBARRIS | 11 | TV program creator and host who wrote the memoir "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | "Blue Suede Shoes" singer who served in the US Army from 1958 to 1960: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LEGALAGE | 8 | 21, for buying alcohol in the US: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JIMIHENDRIX | 11 | "Purple Haze" singer who served in the US Army from 1961 to 1962: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | Actor in the 2021 movies "No Time to Die" and "The French Dispatch": 2 wds. |
| 32% | KURTRUSSELL | 11 | "Escape from New York" actor who played Elvis Presley in the TV film "Elvis" and an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BILLYBUSH | 9 | Former TV star who's contrite for his role in the "Access Hollywood" tape scandal, saying "I'm grateful to be a more conscientious person now": 2 wds. |
| 32% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | British actor who stars in the new movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 2 wds. |
| 31% | HUGHOBRIAN | 10 | Actor who starred in the title role of TV's "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp": 2 wds. |
| 31% | KATIESOWERS | 11 | First woman in the NFL to coach in a Super Bowl, for the San Francisco 49ers in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 31% | STEVELARGENT | 12 | Seattle Seahawks wide receiver who served in the U.S House of Representatives for Oklahoma during 1994-2002: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MODERNFAMILY | 12 | A TV show about the Pritchett and Dunphy family, in which Sofia Vergara stars: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Hall of Fame Red Sox legend who served in the US Navy and Marine Corps during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | "Party in the U.S.A." singer whose first TV series lead role was on Disney's "Hannah Montana": 2 wds. |
| 30% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Actor in the Best Picture winner "From Here to Eternity" who was nominated for seven Album of the Year Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TWOANDAHALF | 11 | "___ Men," comedy show that Charlie Sheen starred in and became the highest-paid TV actor for: 4 wds. |
| 30% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 29% | CLAIREFOY | 9 | Actress who played Queen Elizabeth II in the historical drama TV series "The Crown" and also starred in "Crossbones" as Kate Balfour: 2 wds. |
| 29% | VANESSAKIRBY | 12 | Actress who played Princess Margaret in the historical drama TV series "The Crown" and also starred in "Hobbs and Shaw" as Hattie Shaw: 2 wds. |
| 29% | GREGORYPECK | 11 | Actor who plays Abraham Lincoln in the 1982 TV miniseries "The Blue and the Gray" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | MICHAELGAMBON | 13 | "Victoria & Abdul" actor who plays Lyndon B. Johnson in the 2002 TV film "Path to War" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | Golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | Golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 1972: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JKROWLING | 9 | British novelist and creator of characters in 8a who also wrote the screenplay for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 3 wds. |
| 28% | GAMEBOYS | 8 | Nintendo consoles introduced in the US in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ATOE | 4 | Put ___ in the water (try for a bit): 2 wds. |
| 28% | BABA | 4 | Black sheep's cry in the rhyme, for short: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JLO | 3 | Pop diva born in the Bronx, to her fans: 2 wds. |