| 100% | PHIL | 4 | Dr. who got his start from Oprah |
| 54% | ICET | 4 | Actor who got his start in gangsta rap: Hyph. |
| 52% | JOEYLAWRENCE | 12 | Actor who got his start on TV's "Gimme a Break!" |
| 52% | EPPS | 4 | Comedian and actor Mike who got his start in "Def Comedy Jam" |
| 50% | TOM | 3 | "Spider Man: Homecoming" star Holland who got his start playing Billy Elliot onstage in London |
| 50% | DJKHALED | 8 | Record producer and songwriter who got his start as a Miami radio host: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NYE | 3 | Bill who got his television start on the sketch show “Almost Live!” |
| 44% | BUMPPO | 6 | Whom Alda got his ''M*A*S*H'' nickname from |
| 43% | IRONMIKEDITKA | 13 | 1982-'92 coach of 44-Across, who got his nickname because he is from a Pennsylvania steel town (3 wds.) |
| 41% | SCTV | 4 | Where 46-Down got his start |
| 41% | OLDVIC | 6 | Where Richard Burton got his start |
| 41% | ISSARAE | 7 | Many-time Emmy nominee who got her start from a YouTube web series |
| 40% | FALLON | 6 | Show host who started his most recent job from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center in 2014 |
| 39% | POTSIE | 6 | “Happy Days” character who got his nickname from his childhood affinity for crafting with clay |
| 38% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who got his first big break in "Rent" |
| 38% | MFA | 3 | Spike Lee got his from NYU |
| 37% | RBS | 3 | Players who get handoffs from 59-Down |
| 37% | RYAN | 4 | Actor Gosling who got his first break on "The Mickey Mouse Club" |
| 36% | GOODYEAR | 8 | From whom you might get tired |
| 36% | INLIVINGCOLOR | 13 | 1990-1994 sketch comedy series where Jamie Foxx got his start: 3 wds. |
| 36% | LLD | 3 | What Oprah got from Harvard |
| 36% | BREEDER | 7 | From whom you might get a puppy |
| 36% | MAMA | 4 | "He gets that from his ___" |
| 35% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Baseball star who got his 3,000th hit on June 19, 2015: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MOE | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who gets frequent prank calls from Bart |
| 35% | HEIR | 4 | Person who gets property from a dead person's estate |
| 35% | SPINACH | 7 | Popeye gets his strength from this green vegetable |
| 35% | SELENA | 6 | Gomez who got her start on "Barney & Friends" |
| 35% | REESE | 5 | 1940's-50's All-Star who got his nickname from a kind of marble |
| 35% | AESOP | 5 | From whom we get the phrase "crying wolf" |