| 100% | ALANTURING | 10 | English computer scientist who pioneered the breaking of ciphers generated by the 98-Across |
| 36% | HOPPER | 6 | Scientist and naval officer Grace ___ who was one of the first three pioneers in computer programming |
| 33% | ALAN | 4 | Computer scientist Turing who was the subject of "The Imitation Game" |
| 32% | GRACE | 5 | ___ Hopper, computer scientist who was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 2016 |
| 32% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Page, computer scientist and entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Google |
| 31% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Scientist who espoused the theory of relativity |
| 31% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Scientist who developed the theory of relativity |
| 30% | ENGELBART | 9 | Douglas ___, American engineer and internet pioneer who is credited for the invention of computer mouse |
| 30% | TENNYSON | 8 | English poet Alfred who wrote The Lady of Shalott |
| 30% | HANSXIANOERSTED | 15 | Danish physicist who pioneered the study of electromagnetism |
| 30% | NEWTON | 6 | Famous scientist who formulated the laws of motion |
| 29% | CORIOLIS | 8 | Kind of force generated by the earth's rotation |
| 29% | CORIOLIS | 8 | Eponymous scientist who studied the behavior of moving bodies |
| 29% | BOHR | 4 | Noted scientist who was conferred the "Order of the Elephant" by Denmark's King Frederick IX in 1947 |
| 29% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Page, American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who is currently the CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. |
| 29% | HOOKE | 5 | English scientist who coined the biological term "cell" |
| 29% | ISAAC | 5 | Scientist ___ Newton who discovered the laws of gravity |
| 29% | CHEMIST | 7 | Scientist who studies the transformations and reactions of substances |
| 28% | DONATI | 6 | Giovanni Battista —, 19th-century Italian astronomer who pioneered the spectroscopy of comets |
| 28% | MENDEL | 6 | Gregor who pioneered the study of genetics with his pea-plant experiments |
| 28% | GEODESISTS | 10 | Scientists who measure the exact shape and size of Earth |
| 28% | KEITHMOON | 9 | English drummer rated second-greatest drummer by Rolling Stone who was part of the band "The Who": 2 wds. |
| 28% | CRANSTON | 8 | Bryan who was the star of Breaking Bad |
| 28% | WILLIAMPENN | 11 | English-born Quaker who founded the city of Philadelphia in 1682 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BRADBELLICK | 11 | Character played by Wade Williams who is introduced as the captain of Fox River's correctional officers in "Prison Break": 2 wds. |
| 28% | WEST | 4 | Adam who's the mayor of 29-Across, voiced by the real-life actor of the same name |
| 27% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | Actor from "Forrest Gump", who plays the wife of the character played by 18-Across in "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 27% | ADA | 3 | ___ Lovelace, computing pioneer who was the daughter of Lord Byron |
| 27% | BABBAGE | 7 | English inventor called the father of the computer |
| 27% | TUT | 3 | King who's the subject of a song by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons |