| 100% | SPENDER | 7 | C.G.B. ___, Fox Mulder's nemesis on "The X-Files", known as the "Cigarette Smoking Man" |
| 37% | DANA | 4 | ___ Scully (Fox Mulder's partner on "The X-Files") |
| 35% | SCULLY | 6 | Mulder's partner on "The X-Files" |
| 35% | SCULLY | 6 | Mulder's partner on the "X-Files" |
| 33% | DANA | 4 | Fox's partner on "The X-Files" |
| 32% | EMMA | 4 | The X-Men's Ms. Frost, also known as White Queen |
| 32% | GMAN | 4 | Mulder on "The X-Files," e.g., informally |
| 30% | CASSETTE | 8 | It's the C in the video recorder known as a VCR |
| 30% | SHOGI | 5 | Two-player game, popular in Japan, also known as the Game of Generals and played on a 9 x 9 board |
| 30% | DOGGETT | 7 | John __, Mulder's replacement in The X-Files |
| 29% | ALDRIN | 6 | NASA astronaut known as "Buzz" who was the 2nd man on the moon, moments after 59 down |
| 29% | AZO | 3 | Coed, pharmaceutical professional fraternity originally known as the Dead Men's Club (abbr.) |
| 29% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | Team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship |
| 29% | FBI | 3 | Employer of Mulder and Scully on "The X-Files": Abbr. |
| 29% | TEENA | 5 | Mrs. Mulder on "The X-Files" |
| 28% | EDYS | 4 | Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast |
| 28% | HANGED | 6 | __ Man, tarot card also known as the traitor |
| 28% | DOCSAVAGE | 9 | Fictional hero known as the Man of Bronze |
| 28% | CAL | 3 | Ripken known as the "Iron Man" of baseball |
| 28% | MINGUS | 6 | Charles known as the "Angry Man of Jazz" |
| 28% | PERM | 4 | Port in Russia on the Kama River known as Molotov from 1940-62 |
| 28% | ROMMEL | 6 | German officer known as the Desert Fox in WWII |
| 28% | DRDRE | 5 | Rapper/producer known as the “Father of G-funk” |
| 28% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | Big East team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 and 2024 NCAA men's basketball championship |
| 27% | UFO | 3 | Grainy image on Mulder's "I want to believe" poster, on "The X-Files" |
| 27% | AXE | 3 | US men's grooming brand known as "Lynx" in the UK, Australia or China |
| 27% | AMERIKA | 7 | Unfinished Kafka novel also known as The Man Who Disappeared |
| 27% | EUGENIECLARK | 12 | Marine biologist known as the "Shark Lady" who is honored on a 2022 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 27% | CANDLEMAS | 9 | Christian celebration on 2 February also known as the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple |
| 27% | CANDLEMAS | 9 | Christian celebration on February 2nd also known as the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple |