| 100% | FAE | 3 | Erica ___, writer and director of "To Keep The Light" |
| 62% | FAE | 3 | Erica ___ of "To Keep the Light" |
| 59% | LULUWANG | 8 | Writer and director of The Farewell |
| 58% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Writer and director of The Producers in 1967 |
| 53% | FULLER | 6 | Samuel —, writer and director of films The Naked Kiss and The Big Red One |
| 49% | TYLERPERRY | 10 | Writer, director and co-star of the Madea films |
| 49% | BRADBIRD | 8 | Director and writer of 2004 animated film The Incredibles |
| 49% | OBIES | 5 | 2015 awards for the writer and director of "Hamilton" |
| 48% | JULIOTORRES | 11 | Writer, director, and star of the 2023 film “Problemista” |
| 48% | EPHRON | 6 | Writer and director of "Julie & Julia," 2009 |
| 47% | CAPRA | 5 | Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) |
| 46% | LEAN | 4 | David, director of "A Passage to India", "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" |
| 46% | MILNE | 5 | Writer of the line "Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?" |
| 46% | EYEMASK | 7 | Worn to keep the light out on a flight |
| 46% | KANIN | 5 | Garson ___, writer and director of Broadway's "Born Yesterday" |
| 46% | ALLEN | 5 | Irwin —, director of adventure films Five Weeks in a Balloon and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea |
| 45% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Grey's Anatomy writer and producer ... and a punny description of the starts to 20-, 28-, and 43-Across |
| 44% | SHERYL | 6 | I wrote "Lean In" and became the first woman to join Facebook's board of directors |
| 44% | GOLDFISH | 8 | Freshwater fish commonly kept as a pet, which has the ability to see infrared and ultraviolet light |
| 44% | NIAVARDALOS | 11 | Director, writer, and star of the 2009 romantic comedy "I Hate Valentine's Day" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LONGORIA | 8 | Eva, actor and director of the film Flamin' Hot |
| 43% | SCAREGIVER | 10 | One hired to look after great grandma but who keeps jumping out of the closet and yelling "Boo!"? |
| 43% | KUBRICK | 7 | Director of The Shining and Spartacus, Stanley |
| 43% | COPPOLA | 7 | Director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now |
| 43% | JAMESWAN | 8 | Director of Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring |
| 43% | WOOLF | 5 | Writer of the line “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” |
| 43% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 42% | HITCHCOCK | 9 | Director of the movies Psycho and The Birds |
| 42% | ALMODOVAR | 9 | Director of Talk to Her and Broken Embraces |
| 42% | SPIELBERG | 9 | Director of Jurassic Park and The Lost World |