| 100% | RENE | 4 | Clint's "In the Line of Fire" co-star |
| 54% | RENE | 4 | Russo of "In the Line of Fire" |
| 54% | MERYL | 5 | Clint's co-star in "The Bridges of Madison County" |
| 53% | PELOSI | 6 | She's after Harris in the line of succession |
| 52% | LAHR | 4 | Co-star in the U.S. premiere of "Waiting for Godot," 1956 |
| 52% | SON | 3 | Follower in the line of succession, sometimes |
| 51% | LEAHY | 5 | Next in the line of succession after Boehner |
| 51% | RAE | 3 | Co-star of Stanfield in 2020's "The Photograph" |
| 50% | OER | 3 | Start of the last line in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 50% | LINE | 4 | In the ___ of fire |
| 50% | LINE | 4 | In the __ of fire |
| 50% | SEE | 3 | Word in the first line of the U.S. national anthem |
| 50% | SIMONPEGG | 9 | Co-star of the "Cornetto Trilogy" who plays Benji Dunn in 2025's "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | RAY | 3 | Line in a kid's drawing of the Sun |
| 49% | RAY | 3 | Line in a child's drawing of the sun |
| 49% | NORMA | 5 | "Goodbye ___ Jean" (opening line of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind") |
| 49% | NORMA | 5 | "Goodbye ___ Jeane" (opening line of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind") |
| 49% | NICKFROST | 9 | Co-star of the "Cornetto Trilogy" who plays Gobber the Belch in 2025's "How To Train Your Dragon" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | GABLE | 5 | Another co-star of the film hidden in this puzzle |
| 49% | REESE | 5 | Joaquin's co-star in "Walk the Line" |
| 48% | NOR | 3 | Conjunction used three times in the first line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 65 |
| 48% | OTO | 3 | Tribe in the lineage of "Rocky V" co-star Tommy Morrison |
| 48% | ELYSE | 5 | ___ Knox, co-star of Lon Chaney in "The Mummy's Tomb" |
| 48% | SOFIA | 5 | Princess ___, young royal who is in the line of succession to the Spanish throne |
| 48% | OSCAR | 5 | Prince ___, young royal who is in the line of succession to the Swedish throne |
| 48% | SUN | 3 | Great ball of fire in the sky, also central to this grid's theme |
| 48% | THY | 3 | Word used three times in the first four lines of the Lord's Prayer |
| 48% | DANZA | 5 | Spacey's co-star in the 1999 revival of "The Iceman Cometh" |
| 47% | ANDY | 4 | Garcia who starred in 2022's "Father of the Bride" |
| 47% | GONZO | 5 | In the style of Hunter S. Thompson, say |