| 100% | GATES | 5 | Beyond the ___ (first daytime soap since Generations with a predominantly Black cast) |
| 32% | BROS | 4 | 2022 rom-com with a predominantly L.G.B.T.Q. cast |
| 31% | DATE | 4 | The first one might end with a kiss |
| 31% | THEWIZ | 6 | Musical version of Oz with a Black cast |
| 30% | DARKTOWER | 9 | Round board game with a black column in the middle |
| 30% | NSA | 3 | Govt. org. with a forerunner known as the Black Chamber |
| 29% | URANUS | 6 | First planet discovered with the aid of a telescope |
| 29% | CHER | 4 | Female singer with a hit album in every decade since the 1960s |
| 29% | EVANS | 5 | Chris ___, "Captain America: The First Avenger" actor with a plural last name |
| 28% | ETHEL | 5 | Waters who was the first Black American to host a national television show |
| 28% | REDDAWN | 7 | 1984 Patrick Swayze film, the first movie released with a PG-13 rating |
| 28% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 28% | BRAD | 4 | First name in the Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood cast |
| 28% | ESSENCE | 7 | Magazine with the motto "Where Black Women Come First" |
| 28% | ARGO | 4 | First steamship with a planned circumnavigation of the globe |
| 28% | SOUL | 4 | First Pixar film with a Black protagonist |
| 28% | CHOWCHOW | 8 | The only dog with a black tongue |
| 28% | MAEJEMISON | 10 | The first Black female astronaut and winner of a National Achievement Scholarship in 1973: 2 wds. |
| 28% | COALTIT | 7 | Small European songbird with a black head and a white patch on the nape |
| 28% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 28% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 28% | NATIVESON | 9 | First Book of the Month Club pick written by a Black American |
| 28% | DELAWARE | 8 | First Indian tribe to sign a treaty with the U.S. government |
| 28% | TONYDUNGY | 9 | Hall-of-Famer who was the first Black head coach to win a 15 Across |
| 28% | GRADUATED | 9 | Beyond the first degree |
| 27% | THOR | 4 | Superhero with a hammer who appeared in the first issue of the comic book "The Avengers" |
| 27% | REDDAWN | 7 | 1984 Patrick Swayze film that was the first to be released with a PG-13 rating |
| 27% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 27% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |