| 100% | BARTRIVIA | 9 | Contest in which pub patrons answer questions for prizes: 2 wds. |
| 76% | PUBTRIVIA | 9 | Competition in which bar patrons answer questions for prizes: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ORALEXAMS | 9 | Tests in which the questions and answers are spoken (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BESTACTOR | 9 | Academy Award category in which 15-Across received a nomination for 36-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BARTAB | 6 | Bill for a pub patron: 2 wds. |
| 35% | AMERICANDAD | 11 | Animated show in which the father (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) works for the CIA: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NUDGENUDGE | 10 | Monty Python sketch in which Eric Idle makes insinuations to Terry Jones in a pub: 2 wds. |
| 34% | INSIDEMAN | 9 | 2006 film in which Denzel Washington plays a detective negotiating for the release of hostages: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THENANNY | 8 | 1990s sitcom in which a woman from Queens works for, and eventually marries, a Broadway producer: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MILLIONAIRE | 11 | "Who Wants to Be a ___?," TV quiz show in which contestants answer multiple-choice questions to win cash prizes |
| 33% | JERRYMAGUIRE | 12 | 1996 film in which Renée Zellweger plays a single mom who falls for Tom Cruise's title character: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SACKRACES | 9 | Contests in which people are rewarded for jumping to a conclusion? |
| 31% | MAKEADEAL | 9 | "Let's ___," TV game show in which participants have to decide if they want to swap their item for a mystery prize: 3 wds. |
| 31% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | Lee Child novel in which Jack Reacher hunts for missing American bombs in Germany (2 wds.) |
| 30% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | Jim Carrey film in which 15-Across played God: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 movie in which 15-Across played a deity: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GIRLSTRIP | 9 | 2017 comedy film in which Queen Latifah played Sasha: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CLAWGAME | 8 | Arcade attraction in which prizes are up for grabs? |
| 30% | JEOPARDY | 8 | TV quiz show in which the answer is a question |
| 30% | THEMATRIX | 9 | 1999 movie in which Laurence Fishburne played Morpheus: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LIVINGSINGLE | 12 | 1990s sitcom in which Queen Latifah played Khadijah: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LIT | 3 | Category in which Bob Dylan was awarded his Nobel Prize, for short |
| 29% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Val Kilmer film in which 33-Across had a cameo: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HOLLOWMAN | 9 | 2000 Kevin Bacon movie in which his character becomes invisible: 2 wds. |
| 29% | XMENAPOCALYPSE | 14 | 2016 superhero movie in which Olivia Munn played Psylocke: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 29% | GILMOREGIRLS | 12 | Dramedy series in which Rory attempts to make the world's biggest pizza for her mother's 35th birthday (2 wds.) |
| 29% | RISKYBUSINESS | 13 | 1983 film in which Tom Cruise danced in his tighty whities: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BATMANRETURNS | 13 | 1992 film in which 47-Across faces off against the Penguin: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 drama in which Meryl Streep spoke with a Polish accent: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CASINOROYALE | 12 | 2006 movie in which Eva Green plays Bond girl Vesper Lynd: 2 wds. |