| 100% | WARBUCKS | 8 | Billionaire called "Daddy" by 40-Across |
| 49% | NASCAR | 6 | Sports org. sponsored by 40-Across |
| 49% | SANDY | 5 | Stray dog adopted by 40-Across |
| 48% | RODE | 4 | Traveled by 40-Across, say |
| 48% | BUZZ | 4 | Sound made by 40-Across |
| 45% | SONGWRITER | 10 | 2024 posthumous album with songs by 40-Across |
| 44% | LIGHTINAUGUST | 13 | 1932 novel of crime and race by 40-Across |
| 44% | ZAIRE | 5 | Site of a 1974 fight won by 40-Across |
| 44% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Economic/environmental-justice proposal championed by 40-Across (2018) |
| 44% | THEDAILYSHOW | 12 | Comedy Central program hosted by 40-Across: 3 wds. |
| 44% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BLUEMOON | 8 | 2019 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SHELLGAME | 9 | 2018 novel by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DEPTHOFWINTER | 13 | 2018 bestseller by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 43% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 40-Across for 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TOMORROW | 8 | "The sun'll come out" song sung by 40-Across |
| 43% | TKO | 3 | A 40-Across may call it |
| 41% | ONION | 5 | 40 Across tidbit |
| 41% | HANDSTOMYSELF | 13 | Hit single by 40-Across from her 2015 album "Revival" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | SAMEOLDLOVE | 11 | Hit single by 40-Across from her 2015 album "Revival" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | ARMANDGAMACHE | 13 | Québec Chief Inspector in the mystery series by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | TORI | 4 | 40 Across, to mathematicians |
| 40% | FLYOVERSTATES | 13 | #1 song by 40-Across that's about the Midwest (2012): 3 wds. |
| 40% | THEPARISWIFE | 12 | 2011 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's first marriage (3 wds.) |
| 40% | LOVEANDRUIN | 11 | 2018 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's third marriage (3 wds.) |
| 40% | PACIFICVORTEX | 13 | 1983 novel by 40-Across that introduces adventure hero Dirk Pitt (2 wd.) |
| 40% | SHADOWANDBONE | 13 | Fantasy trilogy by 40-Across adapted into a 2021 Netflix series (3 wds.) |
| 40% | THEFOURSEASONS | 14 | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vocal quartet fronted by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 40% | FOGHORN | 7 | With 40-Across, cartoon rooster voiced by Mel Blanc |
| 39% | SHESCOUNTRY | 11 | #1 song by 40-Across that mentions "her down-home roots" (2008): 2 wds. |