| 100% | THEREDEYE | 9 | Cocktail touted as a hangover cure in "Cocktail" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ONICE | 5 | Cooling in a bucket, as a bottle of champagne: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ARUG | 4 | "As snug as a bug in ___": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ABUG | 4 | Snug as ___ in a rug: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ABUG | 4 | Snug as _____ in a rug: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ARUG | 4 | Snug as a bug in ___: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MAGGIEHASSAN | 12 | New Hampshire governor elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 49% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | California attorney general elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LOOKUP | 6 | Search for, as in a dictionary: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ABUG | 4 | "Snug as ___ in a rug..." (comfortable): 2 wds. |
| 49% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as in a play: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SITSOUT | 7 | Declines to participate, as in a dance: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ONTHE | 5 | ___ rocks (with ice, as in a drink): 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOHNBOYEGA | 10 | "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" actor whose latest role is as a security guard in "Detroit": 2 wds. |
| 48% | FALLSIN | 7 | Takes one's position, as in a line: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TAMMYDUCKWORTH | 14 | Illinois congresswoman and Iraq War veteran elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 47% | COVERTAFFAIRS | 13 | USA series that starred Piper Perabo as a CIA agent in Washington, DC: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SUDDENLYSUSAN | 13 | 1996-2000 sitcom starring 15-Across as a magazine writer in San Francisco: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TOMMYKIRK | 9 | "Old Yeller" actor who played Wilby Daniels as a boy in 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | "Respect" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BEYONCEKNOWLES | 14 | "Halo" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NEWMOON | 7 | Second novel in "The Twilight Saga" which was released as a movie in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | Mavericks point guard who posted his first triple-double as a teenager in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DOCTORODYSSEY | 13 | Drama that debuted in 2024 that stars Joshua Jackson as a cruise ship physician: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RAYDONOVAN | 10 | A crime drama in which Liev Schreiber stars as the titular character: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "So Emotional" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SOFTA | 5 | "Upon so ___ subject as myself!" (Juliet's line in a Shakespeare play): 2 wds. |
| 47% | GODOWN | 6 | "I will ___ in history as the greatest..." (make a name): 2 wds. |
| 46% | NIALLHORAN | 10 | One Direction singer who's in his second season as a coach on "The Voice": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MIKETYSON | 9 | Boxer with a cameo in "The Hangover" who filed for bankruptcy in 2003: 2 wds. |