| 100% | NEMO | 4 | Fish that Marlin and Dory are looking for in a 2003 movie |
| 86% | NEMO | 4 | Fish that Marlin and Dory are looking for, in a 2003 Pixar film |
| 68% | NEMO | 4 | Fish Marlin and Dory look for in a 2003 animated movie |
| 52% | NEMO | 4 | Fish sought by Marlin and Dory in a 2003 Pixar movie |
| 45% | NEMO | 4 | Fish Marlin and Dory are searching for |
| 43% | NEMO | 4 | Marlin and Dory's objective, in a famous Pixar movie |
| 39% | NEMO | 4 | Fish sought by Marlin and Dory in a Pixar film |
| 38% | SANJOSE | 7 | Place Dionne Warwick was looking for in a 1968 song |
| 38% | NEMO | 4 | Fish that was found by Marlin and Dory? |
| 38% | NEMO | 4 | Son of Marlin and Coral, in a 2003 movie |
| 38% | NEMO | 4 | Fish in a 2003 movie |
| 38% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | 2003 movie set in Boston, for which Sean Penn and Tim Robbins each won a 1-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OLDSCHOOL | 9 | 2003 movie with Frat Packers Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell that's actually set at a fraternity: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NEMO | 4 | Fish "found" in a 2003 movie |
| 36% | NINE | 4 | Number that, in Chinese languages, is a homophone for "longevity," and is thus considered good luck |
| 36% | TAPIRS | 6 | Large animals that look a little pig-like, are related to rhinos and live in the Amazon |
| 36% | NEMO | 4 | Title fish in a 2003 movie |
| 35% | WALKONBY | 8 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 3 wds. |
| 35% | REACHOUTFORME | 13 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 4 wds. |
| 35% | INP | 3 | Formula for a compound of elements number 15 and 49 that is used in making high speed transistors |
| 35% | KRASINSKI | 9 | John who was looking for A Quiet Place in 2018 |
| 35% | LEANONME | 8 | Song that was a #1 hit for Bill Withers in 1972 and for Club Nouveau in 1987: 3 wds. |
| 35% | EEL | 3 | Fish that might be mistaken for a snake |
| 35% | EEL | 3 | Fish that may be caught in a cage |
| 35% | DEFTLY | 6 | In a way that is clever and quick |
| 35% | ASSUREDLY | 9 | In a manner that is confident and certain |
| 35% | KOI | 3 | Fish that's a homophone for "love" in Japanese |
| 35% | EEL | 3 | Fish that might be mistaken for a sea snake |
| 34% | HARRY | 5 | "___ Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," movie where the main cast was made to look older for a flash-forward scene |
| 34% | KOI | 3 | Colorful Japanese fish that might be in a pond |