| 100% | SHEEN | 5 | Actor Martin of the show at 58-Across |
| 51% | STARR | 5 | Actor Martin of the "Spider-Man" films |
| 46% | OWEN | 4 | Actor Wilson of the "Night at the Museum" movies |
| 45% | BREWSTER | 8 | Surname of the family at the center of "17-Across and 58-Across" |
| 44% | ENCORE | 6 | Repeated show at the end of a performance |
| 44% | BLOOPERS | 8 | Mistakes shown at the end of the film |
| 44% | PADRESBOWTOCARDINALS | 20 | Show of respect at the Vatican |
| 44% | DIGGS | 5 | Actor Taye of the TV shows "Private Practice" and "All American" |
| 43% | BEN | 3 | Actor Stiller of "Night at the Museum" |
| 43% | CLAP | 4 | Show appreciation at the end of a play |
| 42% | ORCS | 4 | Goblinlike foes of the 74 Across at the Battle of Isengard |
| 42% | EMPTYHANDS | 10 | What a magician might show at the beginning of a trick |
| 42% | STEVE | 5 | With 58-Across, first host of "The Tonight Show" |
| 41% | INSECURE | 8 | HBO show featuring the actress at 1 Across |
| 41% | CATWALK | 7 | Platform at the center of a fashion show |
| 41% | CAKEWALK | 8 | Strutting dance popularized by minstrel shows at the end of the 19th century |
| 41% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 41% | THEME | 5 | ___ song (tune at the start of a TV show) |
| 40% | WHOSFIRST | 9 | Teacher's question at the start of show-and-tell |
| 40% | SKIPINTRO | 9 | Clickable message at the start of an online TV show |
| 40% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 40% | CREDITS | 7 | List of actors, crew at the end of a movie |
| 40% | SIRJAMESMBARRIE | 15 | Author of the quote beginning at 26-Across |
| 40% | EMOPHILIPS | 10 | Speaker of the quip starting at 20-Across |
| 40% | HOMERSIMPSON | 12 | Speaker of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 40% | STEVE | 5 | Actor Carell of "The Morning Show" |
| 40% | MOULD | 5 | Marion —, winner of the 1971 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show |
| 40% | MOULD | 5 | Marion -, winner of the 1971 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show |
| 40% | NEVE | 4 | Actress Campbell of the forthcoming "Castle in the Ground", originally shown at TIFF last year |
| 40% | KATE | 4 | Martin of the WNBA |