| 100% | CANDYCANELANE | 13 | Amazon Prime comedy starring Tracee Ellis Ross, 18-Across, and 43-Across about a neighborhood Christmas decorating contest that goes awry (3 wds.) |
| 29% | BLACKISH | 8 | ABC comedy about a suburban family, starring Tracee Ellis Ross: Hyph. |
| 28% | THEOTHERTWO | 11 | HBO Max comedy starring 16-Across and 28-Across about a family dealing with the sudden fame of a younger sibling (3 wds.) |
| 27% | THEUNICORN | 10 | CBS sitcom starring 18-Across and 33-Across about a recently widowed father who re-enters the dating scene (2 wds.) |
| 26% | THEGOODMOTHER | 13 | 2023 crime thriller starring 18-Across and 43-Across (3 wds.) |
| 26% | BEETLEJUICE | 11 | 1988 Tim Burton comedy/horror film starring 18-Across and 30-Across that has a 2024 sequel |
| 26% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 18-Across and 32-Across that was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | SPEAKNOEVIL | 11 | 2024 horror-thriller starring 19-Across and 34-Across about a family visiting friends at their British estate (3 wds.) |
| 26% | THENICEGUYS | 11 | A 2016 comedy starring Crowe and Gosling: 3 wds |
| 26% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 18-Across novel about a missing woman that was made into a 2007 Ben Affleck film: 3 wds. |
| 25% | THEDETOUR | 9 | TBS comedy about a family road trip that goes terribly wrong (2 wds.) |
| 25% | SUSANSARANDON | 13 | 18-Across and 43-Across actress who plays Carla's mother in "A Bad Moms Christmas" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | AMERICANAUTO | 12 | NBC workplace comedy about a fictional car company starring 17-Across, 36-Across, and Jon Barinholtz (2 wds.) |
| 25% | RENEGADENELL | 12 | 2024 Disney+ historical-fantasy drama starring 18-Across, 32-Across, and Adrian Lester about a woman framed for murder (2 wds.) |
| 25% | HISGIRLFRIDAY | 13 | 1940 comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell as exes working at a newspaper: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ALASKADAILY | 11 | ABC drama starring 18-Across, 25-Across, and 35-Across about a journalist who moves from New York City to Anchorage (2 wds.) |
| 25% | THELATESHOW | 11 | Previously hosted by David Letterman, and now starring Stephen Colbert, CBS talk-show that was a fierce competitor of 40-Across: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BOREDTODEATH | 12 | HBO comedy about an unlicensed detective that starred Ted Danson: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ALLAMERICAN | 11 | Sports drama on The CW about a high-school football team starring Daniel Ezra, 15-Across, and 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | AHARDDAYS | 9 | "___ Night," a musical comedy film starring the Beatles that won 31-Across an Academy Award for scoring of music: 3 wds. |
| 24% | INGOODCOMPANY | 13 | Scarlett Johansson starrer comedy-drama movie about a boss falling for his subordinate's daughter: 3 wds. |
| 24% | THEDARKHALF | 11 | 18-Across novel about a sinister supernatural twin that was released 30 years ago today (3 wds.) |
| 24% | MARCUSWELBYMD | 13 | Medical drama starring 18-Across and 40-Across that debuted in September 1969 (3 wds.) |
| 24% | THELOSTCITY | 11 | Romantic adventure comedy starring 15-Across, 43-Across, and Daniel Radcliffe (3 wds.) |
| 24% | ARTHURTHEKING | 13 | 2024 film starring 14-Across and 29-Across about a stray dog who befriends a team of mountain climbers (3 wds.) |
| 24% | NAUGHTYDOG | 10 | Video game company that created the "Uncharted" action-adventure game series, which has been adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas, 31-Across, and 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | CITYOFLIES | 10 | 2018 film starring 18-Across and 34-Across about rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. (3 wds.) |
| 24% | MYBESTFRIENDS | 13 | "___ Wedding," a 1997 romantic comedy film starring Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney and Cameron Diaz: 3 wds. |
| 24% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 24% | HOLLOWMAN | 9 | 2000 sci-fi horror film starring Elisabeth Shue and Kevin Bacon about a scientist who turns invisible and goes on a killing spree: 2 wds. |