| 100% | ROB | 3 | Actor Lowe who 16-Across National Geographic's "The '80s: The Decade that Made Us" |
| 39% | KIER | 4 | Actor Dullea who played Dave Bowman in 1984's "2010: The Year We Make Contact" |
| 37% | DDE | 3 | Pres. who signed the law that made "In God we trust" the official U.S. motto |
| 32% | IRS | 3 | "Service" that makes the U.S. nervous |
| 32% | RAMONRODRIGUEZ | 14 | "Charlie's Angels" actor who plays the title role on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BUCKISLAND | 10 | ___ Reef, in the Caribbean Sea that was made an official U.S. National Monument in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EAGLE | 5 | "Bald" raptor that's the national bird of the US |
| 31% | DWAYNE | 6 | Actor Johnson who won a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes team |
| 31% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DELAWARE | 8 | State that 16-Across represented in the US Senate |
| 31% | ROB | 3 | Actor Lowe who wrote the 2014 memoir "Love Life" |
| 31% | BALDEAGLE | 9 | Bird that's the U.S.'s national symbol |
| 30% | NABORS | 6 | Actor Jim who played the title role on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." |
| 30% | BILLPULLMAN | 11 | Actor who played the U.S. president in "Independence Day" |
| 30% | WARREN | 6 | Earl, US Chief Justice who led the commission that investigated JFK's assassination |
| 30% | DDE | 3 | President who added "under God" to the U.S. national anthem |
| 30% | ISLANDS | 7 | Geographic bodies that make up the Caribbean |
| 30% | SIGOURNEY | 9 | Actress Weaver who's starring in National Geographic's miniseries, "Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist" |
| 30% | GENEBARRY | 9 | Actor who played the title roles in US television series Bat Masterson and Burke's Law |
| 30% | LIOTTA | 6 | Actor Ray who narrated AMC's 8-part series "The Making of the Mob: New York" |
| 30% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Actor who wrote the kid's book "Just the Two of Us" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LIOTTA | 6 | Actor Ray who narrated the TV docuseries "The Making of the Mob" |
| 29% | ALAN | 4 | With 16-Across, actor who was honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award in 2019 |
| 29% | TONYTODD | 8 | "Final Destination" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Krieger who plays soccer for the US Women's National Team |
| 29% | ALEX | 4 | Morgan who co-captained the U.S. women's national soccer team |
| 28% | BAIO | 4 | Actor Scott who spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention |
| 28% | CAMERAMAN | 9 | Male who operates the machine that records actors |
| 28% | TESLA | 5 | Electric car company that makes the Model S |
| 28% | TARONEGERTON | 12 | "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" actor who plays the title character in 16-Across: 2 wds. |