| 100% | RINALAZARUS | 11 | Fictional yeshiva teacher who helps her husband, 18-Across, solve mysteries (2 wds.) |
| 41% | REARWINDOW | 10 | Hitchcock film in which 18-Across plays a woman who helps her wheelchair-bound boyfriend solve a murder: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FRIDAYBARNES | 12 | Girl detective who solves mysteries at her boarding school (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ZOOEYDESCHANEL | 14 | "New Girl" star who helped renovate her best friend's house on "Celebrity IOU": 2 wds. |
| 32% | GRACIEABRAMS | 12 | 18-Across and 32-Across singer-songwriter who often opens for Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TRISHAYEARWOOD | 14 | Country singer who, along with her husband, helps build houses for Habitat for Humanity: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MYRONBOLITAR | 12 | Fictional basketball player-turned-sports agent who solves mysteries in a series of novels by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JEFFGILLOOLY | 12 | Ex-husband of 17-Across who helped plan the knee-clubbing of 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 29% | JEFFERYDEAVER | 13 | "The Bone Collector" mystery novelist who created 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | JOSHUAJACKSON | 13 | "Fringe" star who plays 18-Across's husband on "The Affair": 2 wds. |
| 28% | LIFECOACH | 9 | Counselor who helps with achieving personal goals: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KATEWINSLET | 11 | Actress who met her current husband amid a natural disaster, mirroring her recent role in "The Mountain Between Us": 2 wds. |
| 28% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Teen detective who solves mysteries in River Heights (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SCOOBYDOO | 9 | Fictional Great Dane who solved mysteries |
| 28% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Jenna Dewan's costar in "Step Up"—and now her husband: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Civil rights leader who helped lead the Selma marches: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CHARLIEPARKER | 13 | Saxophonist known as "Yardbird" who helped develop bebop music: 2 wds. |
| 27% | JUSTINTHEROUX | 13 | Jennifer Aniston's costar in "Wanderlust"—and now her husband: 2 wds. |
| 27% | JOANNAGAINES | 12 | Cohost of HGTV's "Fixer Upper" with her husband Chip: 2 wds. |
| 27% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | 18-Across actress who won an Oscar for 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | MARKCONSUELOS | 13 | Kelly Ripa's costar on "All My Children"—and now her husband: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TRIXIEBELDEN | 12 | Teen detective who solves mysteries with a club called the Bob-Whites (2 wds.) |
| 26% | ALANTURING | 10 | English mathematician who helped break the German codes during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 26% | DAVIDCHANG | 10 | Five-time 18-Across Award-winning restaurateur who founded Momofuku (2 wds.) |
| 26% | SARAHHYLAND | 11 | "Modern Family" actress who's helping her onscreen sister Ariel Winter fight back against body shamers: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | 18-Across and 31-Across singer-songwriter who was born January 25, 1981 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | CAMERONDIAZ | 11 | "Charlie's Angels" star who helped define "tree" on "Sesame Street" in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 26% | DEBBIEGIBSON | 12 | "Electric Youth" singer who sings "Heartbreak Holiday" with 18-Across and "White Christmas" with her father on 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | FAYEKELLERMAN | 13 | "The Quality of Mercy" novelist who has written 27 mysteries featuring 18-Across and 40-Across (2 wds.) |