| 100% | ROBERTALTMAN | 12 | Five-time Best Director nominee who said "All of the best things in my films are mistakes" |
| 44% | CHANTAL | 7 | With 15-Across, director whose 1975 film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, was named the best film of all time in a recent Sight & Sound poll |
| 40% | ANDYWARHOL | 10 | Who said "Sex is the biggest nothing of all time" |
| 38% | ROD | 3 | ___ Stewart, "Baby Jane" singer who is one of the best-selling artists of all time |
| 38% | CYNDI | 5 | First name of the well-known singer who was musical director for the film "The Goonies" |
| 38% | COLINFARRELL | 12 | Best Actor Oscar nominee for his portrayal of a man who is suddenly cut out of the life of his best friend in the 2022 film "The Banshees of Inisherin" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NIGEL | 5 | Richards who is generally regarded as the best Scrabble player of all time |
| 37% | COSTUME | 7 | I am a type of "designer" responsible for all the iconic outfits in a film. Who am I? |
| 37% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 |
| 37% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | Novelist who is the fourth best-selling fiction writer of all time |
| 37% | GANDHI | 6 | Who said "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" |
| 37% | ORSONWE/NSLLES | 14 | Film director who said "I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time" |
| 37% | THECFL | 6 | In 2006, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie was named the best player of all time in this league |
| 36% | BACH | 4 | Who was voted the "Greatest Composer of All Time," in a 2019 BBC poll |
| 36% | WEATHERLY | 9 | "Bull" star Michael who says "My kids and my marriage are the things I'm proudest of" |
| 36% | JETT | 4 | Rocker Joan who was named the best female guitar player of all time by the Gibson guitar company |
| 36% | AVATAR | 6 | James Cameron's science fiction film set in Pandora which is the highest-grossing movie of all time |
| 36% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 36% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Napoleon ___, one of the greatest conquerors of all time who is studied in military schools to this day |
| 36% | PRYOR | 5 | Richard who in 2017 was named Best Stand-Up Comic of All Time by Rolling Stone |
| 35% | CHRISWEBBER | 11 | Five-time NBA All-Star who plays Preacher in the 2018 basketball film "Uncle Drew" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CHRISTIE | 8 | English author Agatha who created Hercule Poirot, and is the best-selling novelist of all time, according to the Guinness World Records |
| 35% | ANDERSON | 8 | ___ Silva, UFC fighter considered one of the greatest of all time who has appeared in films like "Tapped Out" and "Never Surrender" |
| 34% | MADONNA | 7 | Singer from the U.S. who is known as the "Queen of Pop" and is the best-selling female artist of all time |
| 34% | BOURQUE | 7 | Ray ___, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a five-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 34% | SETHMACFARLANE | 14 | Five-time Grammy nominee who is also the creator of the animated sitcom "Family Guy" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 34% | CAPRA | 5 | Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose "Back in Black" is the second-best-selling album of all time |
| 33% | RIHANNA | 7 | Singer from Barbados who was part of the 2012 "Time 100" list of most influential people and is one of the best-selling artists of all time |