| 100% | NYPDRED | 7 | Crime fiction series, cowritten by 16-Across, about a Big Apple investigative task force: 2 wds. |
| 62% | MICHAELBENNETT | 14 | Thriller series, cowritten by 16-Across, about a Big Apple detective raising 10 adopted kids: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DANIELX | 7 | Sci-fi series, cowritten by 16-Across, whose title hero is an alien teenage boy: 2 wds. |
| 29% | NEWAMSTERDAM | 12 | Ryan Eggold stars in this NBC medical drama set in a Big Apple hospital: 2 wds. |
| 29% | KNIGHTRIDER | 11 | 1982 American TV series about a crime fighter and an intelligent car starring David Hasselhoff: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TESSMONAGHAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-investigator in a series of crime novels by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SMELLYCAT | 9 | Song about a stinky feline, sung by Phoebe Buffay: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WELCOMETO | 9 | With 51-Across, humorous podcast about a fictional small town beset by mysterious conspiracies: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEWATCHER | 10 | Netflix mystery thriller about a married couple harassed by a stalker: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NYNY | 4 | Abbreviation in a Big Apple mailing address (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SKYWARD | 7 | Science fiction series by 24-Across/40-Across about a fighter pilot on a ruined planet |
| 28% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel about a furniture salesman drawn into a life of crime: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BLACKSAILS | 10 | American historical fiction series set as a prequel to Robert Stevenson's "Treasure Island": 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEIMPOSSIBLE | 13 | 2012 film about a family separated by a tsunami, starring Ewan McGregor: 2 wds. |
| 28% | FASTBREAK | 9 | Play often run by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 27% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ANXIOUSPEOPLE | 13 | 2020 best-selling novel about a group held hostage by a bank robber: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MAXGOODWIN | 10 | Hospital medical director played by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PRIMABALLERINA | 14 | Rank achieved by 16-Across in the 1940s: 2 wds. |
| 27% | AMERICANGREED | 13 | CNBC documentary series about white-collar crime that has been narrated by 43-Across since 2007 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | DONOTDISTURB | 12 | 2021 thriller by 32-Across about a woman on the run after committing a crime (3 wds.) |
| 27% | ANTHONYFAUCI | 12 | White House Coronavirus Task Force member who achieved a Full Ginsburg on March 15, 2020: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 bestseller by 18-Across about a romance between a literary agent and an editor: 2 wds. |
| 26% | WONDERWHEEL | 11 | Movie about a Coney Island waitress who falls for a young lifeguard played by Justin Timberlake: 2 wds. |
| 26% | SCHITTSCREEK | 12 | Pop TV sitcom about a formerly rich family forced to live in a run-down motel: 2 wds. |
| 26% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | FOREVERYOUNG | 12 | Memoir by 35-Across about her time as a child star in Hollywood (2 wds.) |
| 26% | SILICONVALLEY | 13 | Comedy series about a high-tech start-up company: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 film about a fraternity starring 18-Across: 2 wds. |