| 100% | CELINEDION | 10 | Canadian singing star who performed from the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Olympics (July, 2024) |
| 57% | CELINE | 6 | Dion who performed atop the Eiffel Tower at the 2024 Olympics |
| 36% | SUNI | 4 | Gymnast Lee who won three medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics |
| 35% | IGA | 3 | Tennis player Świątek who won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics |
| 35% | ETOILE | 6 | What you might wish upon from the Eiffel Tower at night |
| 33% | LYLES | 5 | Track star Noah, gold medal winner at the Paris Olympics |
| 33% | OLGA | 4 | Korbut who starred at the 1972 Olympics |
| 32% | JLO | 3 | Star who performed at the 2020 Super Bowl wearing a Puerto Rican flag, for short |
| 32% | KERR | 4 | Steve who coached the US men's basketball team at the Paris Olympics |
| 32% | SNOOP | 5 | Rapper who was a special correspondent for NBC at the Paris Olympics, familiarly |
| 32% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Pop star who performed and cowrote the song at 19-/33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OLIVIA | 6 | Rodrigo who performed "Vampire" at the 2024 Grammys |
| 31% | NOAH | 4 | Lyles who won the men's 100-meter gold at the 2024 Olympics |
| 31% | TRACY | 5 | Chapman who sang "Fast Car" at the 2024 Grammys |
| 31% | SELES | 5 | Court star who won bronze at the Sydney Olympics |
| 30% | USA | 3 | Nation that won 126 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Abbr.) |
| 30% | ETTA | 4 | James who sang at the opening of the 1984 Summer Olympics |
| 30% | GOLD | 4 | Medal won by tennis ace Zheng Qinwen at the 2024 Paris Olympics |
| 29% | OWENS | 5 | Track star Jesse who brought home four gold medals from the 1936 Olympics |
| 29% | AUDREY | 6 | ___ Hepburn, British actress from the '60s who starred in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" |
| 29% | DEREK | 5 | ___ Drouin, Canadian track and field athlete who won the gold medal in high jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 29% | SEINE | 5 | Sight from the Eiffel Tower |
| 29% | LIT | 3 | Like the Eiffel Tower at night |
| 28% | BIRDSOF | 7 | With 22-Across, Billie Eilish hit performed at the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 28% | WILMARUDOLPH | 12 | US track-and-field star who won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CHER | 4 | Star who had at least one Billboard Top Ten hit in every decade from the sixties to the nineties |
| 28% | KERRISTRUG | 10 | American retired gymnast who performed the vault despite injuring her ankle at the 1996 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HER | 3 | One-named R&B singer who performed "U Got It Bad" with Usher at the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show |
| 28% | TRACYCHAPMAN | 12 | Singer-songwriter who sang "Fast Car" at the 2024 Grammy Awards in a rare public performance (2 wds.) |
| 28% | TUCKER | 6 | Cameron ___, music teacher from the TV series "Modern Family" who performs like a Broadway star in unusual places |