| 100% | STLOUIS | 7 | City where 18-Across played ... and where 44-Across was born: 2 wds. |
| 54% | RICHARDKIMBLE | 13 | Role played by 18- and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city where football's Sun Bowl is played: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HENRYCAVILL | 11 | 18-Across, 24-Across, and 33-Across star who was born on May 5, 1983 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | 18-Across and 31-Across singer-songwriter who was born January 25, 1981 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DANIARAMIREZ | 12 | 18-Across, 29-Across, and "Sweet Tooth" actress who was born November 8, 1979 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DANIELCRAIG | 11 | First Bond actor who was born after 18-Across started playing James Bond (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CYNTHIANIXON | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who plays socialite Ada Brook on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | COLORADOSTATE | 13 | Fort Collins school where 18-Across played college hoops: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | Nobel Prize-winning writer born February 27, 1902, who wrote 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Writer of "Mystic River," 18-Across, and 32-Across who was born August 4, 1965 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ONATRAIN | 8 | Where 15-Across, 48-Across, and 3-Down were each born: 3 wds. |
| 46% | TEXASTECH | 9 | University where 33-Across played both football and baseball: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 film where Kevin Kline and a Holocaust survivor played by Meryl Streep are a couple: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BAYPACKERS | 10 | The Green ___, NFL team where 18-Across spent the majority of his playing career: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WNBAALLSTAR | 11 | What 18-Across was voted six times while playing pro basketball: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DAVECHAPPELLE | 13 | "Undercover Brother" actor who plays Noodles in "A Star Is Born": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAMIEDORNAN | 11 | Actor who will play Christian Grey in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DAKOTAJOHNSON | 13 | Actress who will play Anastasia Steele in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FLORENCEITALY | 13 | European city where 15- and 35-Across got married: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | The Beatles and Wings singer-songwriter who was born June 18, 1942 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JESSICALANGE | 12 | Actress who was nominated for an Emmy for playing 18-Across and for an Oscar for playing 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | COMO | 4 | Italian city where Pliny the Elder and Younger were born |
| 43% | NEWTSCAMANDER | 13 | Character played by 15-Across in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 2 wds. |
| 43% | YAKIMA | 6 | Washington city where Olympic skiers Phil and Steve Mahre were born |
| 43% | OMAHA | 5 | City where Gerald Ford and Malcolm X were born |
| 42% | ACADEMYAWARDS | 13 | 18-Across and 42-Across were the first Spanish actress and actor to win these honors: 2 wds. |