| 100% | LUCILLETIMES | 12 | Cafe owner who started a bus boycott in Montgomery in June of 1955 |
| 40% | ANN | 3 | Jo ___ Robinson, civil rights activist who was a central figure in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 35% | PARKS | 5 | Rosa of the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott |
| 34% | RALPHABERNATHY | 14 | Co-organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott, 1955 |
| 33% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who's known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 33% | LUCILLE | 7 | Civil-rights activist Times who was instrumental in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 32% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who wouldn't move to the back of the bus in 1955 |
| 32% | AIELLO | 6 | Danny who played the owner of a pizza joint in a Spike Lee joint |
| 32% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who sparked a bus boycott |
| 31% | MADONNA | 7 | Pop singer who played Mae in A League of Their Own |
| 31% | RENELACOSTE | 11 | Athlete who started a clothing company in 1933 |
| 31% | BETTYFORD | 9 | First lady who started a rehab center in 1970s |
| 30% | JAMESDEAN | 9 | Iconic "East of Eden" star who died in a crash in 1955: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ADAM | 4 | Driver who played a bus driver in the film "Paterson" |
| 30% | SHIP | 4 | Catherynne M. Valente's "The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a ___ of Her Own Making" |
| 30% | EGON | 4 | Spengler of the Ghostbusters series who once tried to drill a hole in his own head |
| 29% | ASTEROIDCITY | 12 | Wes Anderson film set in a retrofuturistic version of 1955 (June, 2023) |
| 29% | ETRE | 4 | Word that starts a key monologue in a French translation of Hamlet |
| 29% | CHRIS | 5 | ___ Stapleton, "Starting Over" singer who made a cameo in "Game of Thrones" |
| 29% | TONYOLIVA | 9 | Twins' player who, on June 9, 1966, participated in hitting one of a record 5 home runs in the 7th inning |
| 29% | FODOR | 5 | Eugene who started a series of travel guides |
| 29% | DIANELANE | 9 | "Unfaithful" actress who plays Penny Chenery, the owner of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 29% | FANNIEFLAGG | 11 | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" who cameoed as a teacher in the 1991 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 29% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 29% | TEE | 3 | Start of a new hole in golf |
| 29% | YABBA | 5 | Start of a cry heard in Bedrock |
| 29% | OSAY | 4 | Start of a song sung in school |
| 29% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a classic question in Shakespeare |
| 29% | HOOCH | 5 | Marla who plays second base for the Peaches in "A League of Their Own" |
| 28% | ABBI | 4 | Jacobson who starred in “A League of Their Own” (2022) |