| 100% | BLOOPERS | 8 | Filmed bits that don't make it on the air |
| 40% | IRON | 4 | "The ___ Giant" (animated film that makes the team cry on "Ted Lasso") |
| 39% | OUTTAKE | 7 | Scene that doesn't make it into the movie |
| 39% | CAP | 3 | Red bit of attire that at times has the letters MAGA on it |
| 38% | OMG | 3 | "I don't believe it!" on the internet: Abbr. |
| 38% | MOON | 4 | "Man on the ___," 1999 biographical comedy film starring Jim Carrey, that took its title from an R.E.M. song |
| 37% | BAT | 3 | Baseball essential that can't make it through the airport checkpoint |
| 37% | FUNNYGIRL | 9 | Film musical that featured Don't Rain on My Parade |
| 37% | HEYJUDE | 7 | " __, don’t make it bad" sang the Beatles |
| 37% | NINE | 4 | Musical whose numerical title adds one-half to that of the Fellini film on which it is based |
| 37% | MAGICAL | 7 | & 7D Film starring, written and co-directed by The Beatles that first aired on BBC TV in 1967 |
| 35% | IMPROVISE | 9 | Make it up as one goes along, on the spot |
| 35% | SEED | 4 | Bit that's on the outside of a strawberry, unusually |
| 35% | WENTSOLO | 8 | Tried to make it on one's own without the band (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ICING | 5 | ___ on the cake (something that makes a situation even better) |
| 34% | TERROR | 6 | It makes the hair stand on end |
| 34% | SHE | 3 | "I Don't Know How ___ Does It" (Sarah Jessica Parker film based on an Allison Pearson novel) |
| 34% | PIXAR | 5 | Studio that made the "Cars" films |
| 34% | NOSHOWS | 7 | They don't make it |
| 34% | ASH | 3 | Vapers don't make it |
| 34% | BANGAGONG | 9 | T. Rex hit that was titled “Get It On” in the U.K. |
| 33% | OUTTAKE | 7 | Filmed material that does not make the final cut |
| 33% | ETHANOL | 7 | The Model T was designed to run on it |
| 33% | LAM | 3 | Take it on the ___ (make a getaway) |
| 33% | AVAST | 5 | Something that makes stops on the ocean? |
| 33% | FLUNK | 5 | Don't make the grade? |
| 33% | EAT | 3 | "Please Don't ___ the Daisies" (Doris Day film based on a Jean Kerr book) |
| 33% | FLIED | 5 | ___ out (didn't make it on base, in a way) |
| 33% | WKRP | 4 | Station that went on the air in 1978 |
| 33% | SYFY | 4 | Rhyming network that aired the “Sharknado” film series |