| 100% | TENDAYS | 7 | Amount of time for Kate Hudson to "Lose a Guy," in a 2003 film |
| 65% | HOW | 3 | "___ To Lose a Guy in 10 Days," 2003 film starring Kate Hudson |
| 55% | HOWTO | 5 | "___ Lose a Guy in 10 Days," 2003 romantic comedy film starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey: 2 wds. |
| 52% | KATE | 4 | Actress Hudson of "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" |
| 49% | HOW | 3 | "___ to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (Kate Hudson starrer) |
| 42% | EON | 3 | Amount of time it takes for a red light to change, hyperbolically |
| 42% | KATE | 4 | ___ Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, iconic on-screen pair from "Fool's Gold" and "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" |
| 41% | MARINATE | 8 | To put meat in a sauce for a period of time |
| 40% | HOW | 3 | "___ to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" |
| 39% | NEMO | 4 | Title subject of a search in a 2003 film |
| 39% | NINEDAYS | 8 | Titular length of the interview process for souls waiting to be born, in a 2020 Edson Oda film |
| 38% | LOSE | 4 | "How to ___ a Guy in 10 Days" (Kate Hudson rom-com) |
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | Lost fish in a 2003 Pixar film |
| 37% | DEHYDRATE | 9 | To lose a large amount of water |
| 37% | ROMCOM | 6 | "10 Things I Hate About You" or "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" |
| 36% | PIGOUT | 6 | To eat a lot in short period of time |
| 36% | NEMO | 4 | Lost (and then found) fish in a 2003 Pixar film |
| 36% | PAYRATE | 7 | Amount of money received per unit time in a job |
| 36% | SNACK | 5 | "___ to the Future," swap "Back" with a rhyming word to get a sci-fi film where Marty goes back in time to look for munchies |
| 36% | NEWSHOLE | 8 | Amount of space in a paper to be filled with journalism |
| 36% | HOURS | 5 | Awful amount of time to be stuck in traffic |
| 35% | NEMO | 4 | Fish that Marlin and Dory are looking for, in a 2003 Pixar film |
| 35% | RAINYDAY | 8 | Time to set aside money for, in a saying |
| 34% | FIERI | 5 | Guy who spends a lot of time in the kitchen |
| 34% | EON | 3 | Used to describe a huge amount of time |
| 34% | BRENDANFRASER | 13 | Best Actor Oscar winner for his portrayal of a reclusive English teacher trying to reconnect with his daughter in the 2022 film "The Whale" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | NEMO | 4 | Object of a search in an animated 2003 film |
| 34% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 34% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | ELF | 3 | 2003 film in which the title character exclaims "Son of a nutcracker!" |