| 100% | NEMO | 4 | Fish who went missing in the 2003 movie that preceded 18-Across |
| 38% | MEANSTREAK | 10 | 2014 Sandra Brown bestseller about a doctor who goes missing in the mountain wilderness: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NEMO | 4 | Fish in the title of a 2003 animated movie |
| 35% | SALT | 4 | Kitchen staple that's gone missing in the song "Margaritaville" |
| 34% | NEMO | 4 | Fish who was found near the end of a 2003 movie |
| 34% | ROCK | 4 | "School of ___," 2003 movie that ends with a classroom-turned-band rocking out in a battle of the bands |
| 33% | ANNRICHARDS | 11 | Texas governor in the 1990s who preceded George W. Bush in that position: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SOCK | 4 | One might go missing in the dryer |
| 32% | BARB | 4 | "Stranger Things" character who went missing in season 1 |
| 32% | BARB | 4 | Girl who goes missing in Netflix's "Stranger Things" |
| 32% | TOETOTOE | 8 | Movie that was the film debut ('09) of Sonequa Martin-Green, who starred in the web television series "Star Trek: Discovery" |
| 32% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Company that produced the movies in the first parts of 18-, 26- and 46-Across |
| 32% | MONEY | 5 | 1973 Pink Floyd song that featured in the 2003 movie "The Italian Job" |
| 30% | NEMO | 4 | Fish in a 2003 movie |
| 30% | OLIVIAMUNN | 10 | The Daily Show correspondent who went on to star in an X-Men movie |
| 30% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | 18-Across creator who wrote the episode in which 32-Across died: 2 wds |
| 30% | CAGE | 4 | Actor Nicolas who voices Superman in "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" |
| 30% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 fantasy movie that's based on the same books as 18-Across: 4 wds. |
| 30% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 30% | KARLMALONE | 10 | Hall of Fame power forward who signed with the Lakers in 2003 after 18 seasons with the Jazz: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NICOLASCAGE | 11 | Actor who voices Grug in "The Croods" and Superman in "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | UMA | 3 | ___ Thurman, American action star who featured in the 2003 movie "Kill Bill: Vol 1." |
| 29% | CODA | 4 | Movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture in March |
| 29% | NEMO | 4 | Fish who was lost in a Pixar movie |
| 29% | SOMETHING | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 29% | WILLARNETT | 10 | Actor who voices Batman in "The Lego Batman Movie" and Slade in "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | MOONLIGHT | 9 | Movie that beat La La Land for the Oscar in 2017 |
| 29% | FOGG | 4 | Phileas ___, who went around the world in 80 days |
| 29% | NELLIE | 6 | Bly who went around the world in 72 days |
| 29% | BLY | 3 | Reporter who went around the world in 72 days |