| 100% | DAVIDORUSSELL | 13 | Director of "American Hustle": 3 wds. |
| 62% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Director of "Okja" and "Snowpiercer" who directed 47-Across: 3 wds. |
| 53% | HANDSTOMYSELF | 13 | Single from Selena Gomez's album "Revival" that was influenced by the music of American singer Prince: 3 wds. |
| 52% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Director of "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SAMMENDES | 9 | Oscar-winning director of American Beauty and 1917 |
| 51% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Inside Man": 2 wds. |
| 51% | HAROLDRAMIS | 11 | Director of "Groundhog Day": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Director of "Quiz Show": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JERRYZUCKER | 11 | Director of 62-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | IVANREITMAN | 11 | Director of "Father's Day": 2 wds. |
| 50% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 50% | BARRYLEVINSON | 13 | Director of "Good Morning, Vietnam": 2 wds. |
| 49% | AVADUVERNAY | 11 | Director of "A Wrinkle in Time" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Director of the 1996 film "Matilda": 2 wds. |
| 49% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman": 2 wds. |
| 48% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ROBZOMBIE | 9 | Director of the 2007 remake of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | Director of "The Social Network" and "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Chi-Raq" and "He Got Game": 2 wds. |
| 48% | WESANDERSON | 11 | Director of the 2009 film "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : 2 wds. |
| 48% | JASONREITMAN | 12 | Director of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," whose father directed "Ghostbusters": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the original 1978 version of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | GUYRITCHIE | 10 | Director of the 2019 live-action remake of "Aladdin" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of 2017's "Lady Bird" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ZACKSNYDER | 10 | Director of 32-Across, who also directed "Man of Steel": 2 wds. |
| 46% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Cinderella": 2 wds. |
| 46% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director of "Valentine's Day" and "New Year's Eve": 2 wds. |
| 46% | TIMBURTON | 9 | Director of the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | Director of "Lost in Translation," whose father directed "The Godfather": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RIANJOHNSON | 11 | Director of the 2022 Benoit Blanc mystery film "Glass Onion": 2 wds. |