| 100% | CURLYMCLAIN | 11 | Cowboy who sings "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" in 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ADOANNIE | 8 | Flirtatious young woman who sings 40-Across in 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | Actor who sang "You Always Hurt the One You Love" in a movie: 2 wds. |
| 43% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' is its opening number |
| 43% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin' is from this musical |
| 43% | HEATHLEDGER | 11 | Actor who sang Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" in a movie: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | Actor who sang "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" in a musical drama: 2 wds. |
| 42% | KATYPERRY | 9 | 15-Across, 9-Down, and 27-Down singer who flew into space on a Blue Origin flight in 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 40% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Writer buried in 15-Across who wrote a poem that inspired 47-Across' team name: 3 wds. |
| 40% | RUSSIANDOLL | 11 | Emmy-nominated Netflix series starring 15-Across as a software engineer named Nadia who is caught in a time loop (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LATTEART | 8 | What a barista designs in milk foam: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LORETTADEVINE | 13 | Star of 15-Across who won an Emmy for a guest performance in "Grey's Anatomy": 2 wds. |
| 39% | FREDDYKRUEGER | 13 | Slasher in 15-Across's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FANMAIL | 7 | What a pop star gets in his post box: 2 wds |
| 39% | JUDELAW | 7 | "Cold Mountain" actor who stars in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | UMATHURMAN | 10 | "Pulp Fiction" actress who stars in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ETHANHAWKE | 10 | "Training Day" actor who stars in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TRACYCHAPMAN | 12 | Singer-songwriter who sang "Fast Car" at the 2024 Grammy Awards in a rare public performance (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CHARLIEDAY | 10 | "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" actor who plays a detective in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CHRISSIEHYNDE | 13 | 15-Across singer/songwriter who co-founded 44-Across in 1978 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Character who has the title role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RICOTUBBS | 9 | Philip Michael Thomas' role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SONNYCROCKETT | 13 | Don Johnson's role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HOLYGRAIL | 9 | Object sought by knights in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MEGHANTRAINOR | 13 | 20-year-old pop phenom who sings 15-/44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANDYPETTITTE | 12 | Longtime Yankees pitcher who sang in his high school choir: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DANICAPATRICK | 13 | Race car driver who sang in her high school choir: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Last actor to smoke onscreen as 15-Across in a film (2 wds.) |