| 100% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | Country singer played by 44-Across in the 1980 biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 54% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | "Coal Miner's Daughter" singer who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 50% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer played by Val Kilmer in the music biopic "The Doors" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | TINATURNER | 10 | Singer played by Angela Bassett in the 1993 musical biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | Singer played by Jennifer Hudson in the 2021 musical biopic "Respect" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | RITCHIEVALENS | 13 | Singer played by Lou Diamond Phillips in the music biopic "La Bamba" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Singer played by Naomi Ackie in the 2022 musical biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ORVILLEPECK | 11 | Country singer who played the Emcee in "Cabaret" after 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | "Coal Miner's Daughter" singer who was honored as the 1972 Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 43% | HARRIETTUBMAN | 13 | Abolitionist and political activist played by 44-Across in a 2019 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | "Coal Miner's Daughter" singer with a cookbook titled "You're Cookin' It Country": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BRIANWILSON | 11 | Singer played by Paul Dano and John Cusack in the music biopic "Love & Mercy" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Baseball superstar played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2013 biopic "42": 2 wds. |
| 42% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Singer played by Zoe Saldaña in a 2016 musical biopic (2 wds.) |
| 41% | DOCTORWATSON | 12 | Character played by 27-Across in the BBC's "Sherlock" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | "Coal Miner's Daughter" singer ranked #4 on Billboard's 2024 "100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time" list: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 40% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | Housewife played by 29-Across in "All in the Family": 2 wds. |
| 40% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | "The Fugitive" actor who played 18-Across's husband Doolittle in "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 39% | STARRCARTER | 11 | Character played by Amandla Stenberg in the movie adaptation of 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | "Coal Miner's Daughter" writer inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BRETTELDREDGE | 13 | Country singer whose "Baby, It's Cold Outside" topped the Adult Contemporary chart in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ELTON | 5 | Singer John played by Taron Egerton in the biopic "Rocketman" |
| 37% | JAMES | 5 | With 50-Across, soul singer played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2014 biopic "Get On Up" |
| 37% | THEMOUSETRAP | 12 | Stage play by 44-Across that has been performed more than 28,000 times since it opened in London's West End in 1952 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LITTLERICHARD | 13 | "Long Tall Sally" singer played by Brandon Mychal Smith in "Get On Up": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JASONALDEAN | 11 | Country singer whose album "They Don't Know" topped the Billboard 200 in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TONYAHARDING | 12 | Figure skater played by 42-Across in a 2017 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Country singer who was the subject of the 2005 biopic "Walk the Line": 2 wds. |