| 100% | EARHART | 7 | Amelia ___, American pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on 2 July 1937 |
| 32% | AMELIA | 6 | Earhart who disappeared over the Pacific |
| 31% | HOFFA | 5 | Jimmy ___, influential American labor leader who mysteriously disappeared on 30 July 1975 |
| 29% | PERU | 4 | South American country on the Pacific Ocean |
| 27% | MIR | 3 | It landed in the Pacific Ocean on 3/23/01 |
| 27% | DIANNEWIEST | 11 | "Bullets Over Broadway" Oscar winner who plays the mother on 29-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | BRIANWILLIAMS | 13 | American journalist who is the chief anchor on MSNBC and host of "The 11th Hour with ___": 2 wds. |
| 26% | JULIANNEHOUGH | 13 | "Dancing With the Stars" judge who married NHL player Brooks Laich on July 8: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LAURENBACALL | 12 | "Key Largo" actress who played an American widow in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 26% | RICHARDBYRD | 11 | American explorer who in 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole: 2 wds. |
| 26% | BILLGATES | 9 | Microsoft cofounder who's #1 on the 2013 Forbes List of Richest Americans ($72 billion): 2 wds. |
| 26% | EMILYBROWNING | 13 | The actress who plays Laura Moon on "American Gods": 2 wds. |
| 26% | LARRYPAGE | 9 | Google cofounder who's #13 on the 2013 Forbes List of Richest Americans ($24.9 billion): 2 wds. |
| 26% | PAULALLEN | 9 | Microsoft cofounder who's #26 on the 2013 Forbes List of Richest Americans ($15.8 billion): 2 wds. |
| 25% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | American singer who created hits like "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood," and releases her newest album on the 10th: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 25% | CHERYLBURKE | 11 | "Dancing With the Stars" regular who's also taking over for Abby Lee Miller on "Dance Moms": 2 wds. |
| 25% | JEFFBEZOS | 9 | Amazon.com founder who's #12 on the 2013 Forbes List of Richest Americans ($27.2 billion): 2 wds, |
| 25% | PUGET | 5 | Pacific Ocean Sound on the coast of Washington |
| 25% | SARAHAINES | 10 | Former panelist on "The View" who has cohosted the third hour of "Good Morning America" since July 2018: 2 wds. |
| 25% | TYPHOONS | 8 | Tropical cyclones over the Western Pacific Ocean |
| 25% | MIKETYSON | 9 | American boxing legend nicknamed "The Baddest Man on the Planet", who declared bankruptcy in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 25% | IANMCSHANE | 10 | The actor who plays Mr. Wednesday on the TV series "American Gods": 2 wds. |
| 25% | PAULSIMON | 9 | American artist who has won the Grammy thrice for "Best Album of the Year," including one for "Bridge over Troubled Water": 2 wds. |
| 25% | TYPHOON | 7 | Tropical storm over the Indian or Pacific ocean |
| 24% | VINDIESEL | 9 | "The Fate of the Furious" actor who turned 50 on July 18, 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 24% | TAISSAFARMIGA | 13 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays the naive Gladys Russell on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | CHRISCOOPER | 11 | "Irresistible" actor who played July Johnson on the CBS miniseries "Lonesome Dove" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | RUTHWILSON | 10 | British actress who plays American Alison Lockhart on Showtime's "The Affair": 2 wds. |
| 24% | KERIRUSSELL | 11 | "The Americans" actress who was on "The All-New Mickey Mouse Club": 2 wds. |