| 100% | SARI | 4 | First name that socialite and actress Zsa Zsa was born with |
| 44% | AJANAOMIKING | 12 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 3 wds. |
| 42% | PAUL | 4 | Beatle who was born with the first name James |
| 40% | DAISY | 5 | Actress Ridley whose first name is shared with Donald Duck's girlfriend |
| 40% | HOLLY | 5 | Actress Hunter whose first name is shared with a "decked up" Christmas decoration |
| 38% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 38% | CONE | 4 | Cold dessert that is made with syrup and shares part of its name with 14a |
| 38% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 38% | MAITAI | 6 | Rum and curaçao cocktail with a Polynesian name that was invented in California (2 wds.) |
| 37% | CYBILLSHEPHERD | 14 | "Moonlighting" actress and star of a 1990s CBS sitcom, whose title was her first name: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BROOKLYNDECKER | 14 | "Grace and Frankie" actress whose first name is also a place in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MATCHA | 6 | Chocolate that's been infused with green tea leaves and shares a name with a tea variety |
| 36% | LADY | 4 | With 34-Across, nominee for the Best Actress and Best Original Song Oscars for her work in "A Star Is Born" |
| 36% | LADY | 4 | With 46-Across, "A Star Is Born" singer/actress who was nominated for Oscars for Best Actress and for Best Original Song |
| 36% | ECOL | 4 | Science that Greenpeace and the Sierra Club are concerned with: Abbr. |
| 35% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 35% | SCHUMACHER | 10 | Retired German F1 racing driver who shares his first name with 31a, and according to Forbes is the fifth highest-paid athlete of all time |
| 35% | PAL | 3 | Male Rough Collie that was born in California in 1940 and was the first dog to play the female collie Lassie |
| 35% | ANDREA | 6 | First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| 34% | EYE | 3 | Brown, blue, green ___ colors that people are born with |
| 34% | SHERLOCK | 8 | Literary first name that has become synonymous with “detective” |
| 34% | LEELEE | 6 | Actress Sobieski with a reduplicative first name |
| 34% | MARSHA | 6 | First name of actresses Warfield and Mason |
| 34% | LINDSAY | 7 | First name of actresses Lohan and Hartley |
| 34% | TERI | 4 | First name of actresses Hatcher and Polo |
| 34% | EMMANUEL | 8 | Name that means "God is with us" |
| 34% | SIR | 3 | First name of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's son, born in June |
| 34% | CITY | 4 | TV series "Sex and the ___" with Sarah Jessica Parker that is based on Candace Bushnell's novel of the same name |
| 34% | JADA | 4 | First name of Will Smith's actress wife |
| 34% | JANELLE | 7 | First name of US singer and actress Monáe |