| 100% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator, head writer, and executive producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 72% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator, writer, and producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 66% | NORMANLEAR | 10 | Executive producer of 32-Across and creator of the original version of the show: 2 wds. |
| 65% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator and head writer of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | STEPHCURRY | 10 | Three-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors who's also the executive producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | LARRYDAVID | 10 | Brooklyn-born comedian who was an executive producer of 27-Across and 32/38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LORNEMICHAELS | 13 | TV producer, writer and comedian, who is the creator and producer of SNL: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROUNDTABLE | 10 | Meeting place of 18-Across and his knights: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer who's an executive producer and judge on "World of Dance": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROBERTKIRKMAN | 13 | "Invincible" comic book author and one of the executive producers of 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LENADUNHAM | 10 | Star, writer, and co-executive producer of the HBO series "Girls": 2 wds |
| 48% | DICKWOLF | 8 | Creator and executive producer of Law and Order |
| 47% | ISSARAE | 7 | Creator, writer, and star of HBO's "Insecure" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Writer of "Mystic River," 18-Across, and 32-Across who was born August 4, 1965 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | Award-winning novelist of 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JANEHARPER | 10 | 18-Across and 33-Across writer whose novel "The Dry" won the British Book Award for Crime & Thriller Book of the Year 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CORNELIAFUNKE | 13 | Novelist of 18-Across and the "Inkheart" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 45% | KEANUREEVES | 11 | Star of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | Writer, director, and producer of "Get Out" and "Us" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | FRANCESGUMM | 11 | Birth name of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | KONMARIMETHOD | 13 | System of 18-Across and tidying up developed by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JOHNSINGLETON | 13 | Director of 18-Across and 40-Across who passed away in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Bestselling novelist of 18-Across, 31-Across, and 2024's "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JULIANFELLOWES | 14 | 18-Across and 44-Across writer/creator who won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Gosford Park" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Bestselling novelist of 18-Across, 31-Across, and 2018's "The Witch Elm" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JURASSICWORLD | 13 | From executive producer Steven Spielberg, 2015 movie involving dinosaurs and humans : 2 wds. |
| 42% | GEORGEELIOT | 11 | Pen name of 18-Across, 30-Across, and "Adam Bede" novelist Mary Ann Evans (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ANNETTEBENING | 13 | Actress and wife of 18-Across, who also appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DAVIDBOWIE | 10 | Singer of 18-Across, 27-Across, and 35-Across (January 8, 1947-January 10, 2016) (2 wds.) |