| 100% | HEDYLAMARR | 10 | Actress and co-inventor of the spread-spectrum technology used in Bluetooth |
| 50% | LAMARR | 6 | Actress and inventor Hedy ___, who pioneered the "spread spectrum" technology that forms the basis for modern wireless communication |
| 45% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | "Thor: Ragnarok" actress and co-star of Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | HALEYBENNETT | 12 | "The Girl on the Train" actress and co-star of Denzel Washington in "The Magnificent Seven" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "Never Let Me Go" actress and co-star of Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Great Gatsby" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LAMARR | 6 | Actress and inventor Hedy who is the subject of the documentary “Bombshell” |
| 41% | HEDY | 4 | Actress and inventor Lamarr who has been dubbed the "mother of Wi-Fi" |
| 41% | SANIYYASIDNEY | 13 | "Hidden Figures" actress and co-star of Denzel Washington in "Fences" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LAMARR | 6 | Actress Hedy in the National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| 41% | NORA | 4 | Actress Arnezeder of "Zoo" and "Mozart in the Jungle" |
| 41% | TANIA | 5 | Actress Raymonde of Lost and Malcolm in the Middle |
| 41% | KENDRICK | 8 | Actress Anna of "Pitch Perfect" and "Up in the Air" |
| 41% | LAMARR | 6 | '40s actress in the Inventors Hall of Fame |
| 40% | RGB | 3 | Color model widely used in the display of images in televisions and computers |
| 40% | SAND | 4 | Makeup of the pit used in a long jump track and field event |
| 40% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Co-star of Kelly and O'Connor in "Singin' in the Rain" |
| 40% | RUBYDEE | 7 | Actress and activist who was awarded the National Medal of Arts, along with her husband, in 1995 |
| 39% | SELENATORS | 10 | Fan base of the singer and actress who stars in “Only Murders in the Building” |
| 39% | FACERECOGNITION | 15 | Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 39% | LIQUORICE | 9 | Plant of the pea family whose dried root yields an extract used in confectionery and medicines |
| 39% | HEDYLAMARR | 10 | Actress who invented the communications system used for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CLAUDIA | 7 | Actress ___ Cardinale of "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "The Pink Panther" |
| 39% | REALALE | 7 | Beer stored in barrels and pumped without the use of carbon dioxide |
| 38% | VOLTA | 5 | Inventor of the battery in 1800 |
| 38% | EVA | 3 | Actress Longoria who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" |
| 38% | SPEECHTOTEXT | 12 | Technology used in writing the starred clues? |
| 38% | CHINESE | 7 | Inventors of the compass and movable type |
| 38% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "The Remains of the Day" actress who played Elinor Dashwood in "Sense and Sensibility": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANTLERS | 7 | “I use ___ in all of my decorating” (lyric sung by Gaston, in “Beauty and the Beast”) |
| 38% | AERIE | 5 | Class of starships used as colony ships and surveyors commissioned in the year 2347 |