| 100% | HAROLDRAMIS | 11 | Director of "Groundhog Day": 2 wds. |
| 78% | IVANREITMAN | 11 | Director of "Father's Day": 2 wds. |
| 77% | BILLMURRAY | 10 | Star of "Groundhog Day": 2 wds. |
| 77% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director of "Valentine's Day" and "New Year's Eve": 2 wds. |
| 69% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Inside Man": 2 wds. |
| 69% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Director of "Quiz Show": 2 wds. |
| 67% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Director of "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 65% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 65% | BARRYLEVINSON | 13 | Director of "Good Morning, Vietnam": 2 wds. |
| 65% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Director of the 1996 film "Matilda": 2 wds. |
| 65% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman": 2 wds. |
| 64% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Star of "Labor Day": 2 wds. |
| 64% | ONEWEEK | 7 | Span of seven days: 2 wds. |
| 64% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 63% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | Director of "The Social Network" and "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 63% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Chi-Raq" and "He Got Game": 2 wds. |
| 63% | WESANDERSON | 11 | Director of the 2009 film "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : 2 wds. |
| 63% | JASONREITMAN | 12 | Director of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," whose father directed "Ghostbusters": 2 wds. |
| 62% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of 2017's "Lady Bird" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JERRYZUCKER | 11 | Director of 62-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | ZACKSNYDER | 10 | Director of 32-Across, who also directed "Man of Steel": 2 wds. |
| 61% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Cinderella": 2 wds. |
| 61% | RAMIS | 5 | Harold —, director of films Groundhog Day, Year One and Caddyshack |
| 61% | TIMBURTON | 9 | Director of the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": 2 wds. |
| 61% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | Director of "Lost in Translation," whose father directed "The Godfather": 2 wds. |
| 61% | RIANJOHNSON | 11 | Director of the 2022 Benoit Blanc mystery film "Glass Onion": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ATTHE | 5 | "___ end of the day...": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ATTHE | 5 | "___ end of the day ...": 2 wds. |
| 60% | RAMIS | 5 | Harold —, director of the films Groundhog Day, Year One and Caddyshack |
| 60% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of a 1992 film about 15-Across starring Denzel Washington: 2 wds. |