| 100% | ARSENIC | 7 | Element which pairs with "Old Lace" in a classic movie title |
| 40% | BLACKBEAUTY | 11 | Classic novel with a chapter titled "My Breaking In" |
| 39% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Something followed in a classic movie |
| 38% | LSD | 3 | Drug that sangria at a party is laced with, in the movie Climax |
| 37% | SINGIN | 6 | Gene Kelly's title activity in a classic musical movie |
| 37% | HELLO | 5 | What "you had me at," in a classic movie line |
| 37% | MACDONALD | 9 | Old farmer in a classic kid's song |
| 37% | GOONIE | 6 | Kid in a classic eighties movie |
| 36% | COWBOYS | 7 | They were paired with Aliens in a 2011 movie |
| 36% | CSI | 3 | TV series with an episode titled "19 Down ..." in which Gil Grissom struggles with a crossword |
| 36% | SLEUTH | 6 | Detective, or a classic movie with Laurence Olivier |
| 36% | OLDMEN | 6 | They’re grumpy in a classic 1993 movie |
| 36% | SIXPENCE | 8 | Money in a classic song title |
| 36% | USSR | 4 | Country in a classic Beatles title |
| 36% | WAR | 3 | *Word in a classic Tolstoy title |
| 36% | PEACE | 5 | *Word in a classic Tolstoy title |
| 36% | KWAI | 4 | River in a 1957 movie title |
| 35% | LEAGUES | 7 | Units of length in a classic Jules Verne title |
| 35% | OLDMAID | 7 | Victorian card game in which players collect pairs and try not to be left with a penalty card |
| 35% | HER | 3 | Joaquin Phoenix movie with a one-word title which literally means "that woman" |
| 35% | OLD | 3 | & 20D Victorian card game in which players collect pairs and try not to be left with a penalty card |
| 35% | FIXERUPPER | 10 | HGTV series with a 2021 Discovery+ reboot in which spouses Chip and Joanna Gaines rehab old homes: 2 wds. |
| 34% | VANYA | 5 | Title relative in a classic Russian play |
| 34% | VANYA | 5 | Title uncle in a classic Russian play |
| 34% | MYST | 4 | Title book in a classic computer game |
| 34% | ELM | 3 | "Street" in a popular horror movie title |
| 34% | LEEK | 4 | Vegetable paired with potato in a soup |
| 34% | RHO | 3 | Letter paired with chi in a Christogram |
| 34% | DRNO | 4 | Villain with the title role in a 1962 movie that introduced 007: 2 wds. |