| 100% | OBIT | 4 | Any entry in the NYT's "Overlooked" series |
| 65% | OBIT | 4 | Bio in the NYT's "Overlooked No More" series |
| 44% | ORPHAN | 6 | Any of the Baudelaire children in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" |
| 43% | IRA | 3 | Berkow, shared Pulitzer winner for the NYT series "How Race Is Lived in America" (2001) |
| 43% | INERT | 5 | With 79-Across, entry in the periodic table's last column |
| 43% | CAPER | 5 | Plot device in the "Ocean's" film series |
| 43% | STAT | 4 | Any entry in a spreadsheet |
| 42% | FLOAT | 5 | Entry in the Rose Parade |
| 42% | ASSET | 5 | Entry in the plus column |
| 42% | DEBITS | 6 | Entries in the minus column |
| 42% | NAGINI | 6 | Voldemort's snake in the Harry Potter series |
| 42% | ASTRO | 5 | Brave's opponent in the 2021 World Series |
| 42% | ELROY | 5 | Judy's brother in The Jetsons cartoon series |
| 41% | ASLAN | 5 | Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis |
| 41% | EXPLORER | 8 | Dora's chosen career in the cartoon series |
| 41% | EUGENE | 6 | Wednesday's bee buddy in the TV series |
| 41% | KRISTOFF | 8 | Anna's love interest in the Frozen series |
| 41% | ABE | 3 | Midge Maisel's father in the Amazon series |
| 41% | LUNA | 4 | Sailor Moon's cat in the manga series |
| 41% | RUSTY | 5 | Griswold son in the "National Lampoon's Vacation" film series |
| 41% | SPOT | 4 | Dog in the "Dick and Jane" children's book series |
| 41% | ASSET | 5 | Entry in the plus column of a ledger |
| 40% | GENISYS | 7 | 2015 entry in the Terminator franchise |
| 40% | PAPA | 4 | ___ Smurf, village leader in the animated children's TV series, "Smurfs" |
| 40% | PINKY | 5 | The Brain's friend in a 1990s animated series |
| 40% | ESME | 4 | Carlisle Cullen's wife in the "Twilight" series |
| 40% | JACOB | 5 | Edward's romantic rival in the "Twilight" series |
| 40% | ESME | 4 | Edward's adoptive mother in the "Twilight" series |
| 40% | SHIA | 4 | Megan's co-star in the "Transformers" series |
| 40% | NEO | 3 | Keanu Reeves's character in the "Matrix" series |