| 100% | RAISIN | 6 | A __ in the Sun, 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry |
| 59% | RAISIN | 6 | Dried fruit in the title of a Lorraine Hansberry play |
| 51% | HANSBERRY | 9 | A Raisin in the Sun playwright Lorraine |
| 49% | SUN | 3 | “A Raisin in the ___” (Lorraine Hansberry play) |
| 47% | LORRAINE | 8 | "A Raisin in the Sun" writer Hansberry |
| 46% | SNAP | 4 | Action by a center to put the football in play |
| 46% | GRAYSON | 7 | Marla ___, con artist played by Rosamund Pike in the 2021 film "I Care A Lot" |
| 45% | REEVES | 6 | Steve who played the title role of Hercules in a 1959 film |
| 45% | INTHESUN | 8 | Classic play A Raisin __, by Lorraine Hansberry |
| 45% | TOTO | 4 | Role played by a dog with a bigger salary than some human actors in the same film |
| 45% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |
| 44% | ROD | 3 | Actor Steiger who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1959 biopic |
| 44% | RAISININTHESUN | 14 | 1959 Broadway drama by Lorraine Hansberry, with "A" |
| 44% | TONY | 4 | ___ Stark, character played by Robert Downey Jr. in the "Iron Man" film series who sports a distinctive iconic goatee |
| 43% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "Empire of the Sun" actor who plays Lucien Laurin, the trainer of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SPARROW | 7 | Jack ___, character played by Johnny Depp in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series who sports a distinctive braided beard |
| 43% | TANS | 4 | Lies in the sun for a while |
| 43% | THEBORROWERS | 12 | & 15A 1959 children’s book by Mary Norton; third in a series featuring the Clock family |
| 43% | TANS | 4 | Lays out in the sun for a while |
| 43% | BASKING | 7 | Lying out in the sun, like a lizard |
| 43% | TANS | 4 | Lies in the sun on a beach, say |
| 43% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 43% | CHRISTOPHER | 11 | ___ Walken, actor who made a cameo in "Pulp Fiction" by playing the role of an ex-soldier |
| 42% | EBENEZER | 8 | Scrooge played by 30-Across in the 1984 version of "A Christmas Carol" |
| 42% | YOLK | 4 | The sun in a "sunny side up" |
| 42% | YOLK | 4 | The sun in a sunny side up |
| 42% | SUGARPLUMFAIRY | 14 | Role played by 16-Across in a 1954 production of "The Nutcracker": 3 wds. |
| 42% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PHYLICIARASHAD | 14 | "A Raisin in the Sun" Tony-winning actress who plays Grandmother Journey in 33-Across (2 wds.) |