| 100% | ACHO | 4 | Football analyst Emmanuel who hosts the webcast "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" |
| 36% | TUPAC | 5 | Artist with whom Kendrick Lamar stages a posthumous conversation on the song “Mortal Man” |
| 30% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Piano Man who had a hit with Just the Way You Are |
| 29% | CUBA | 4 | Country with a wedding tradition where every man who dances with the bride must pin money to her outfit |
| 29% | DELLA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Touched by an Angel" actress who played a landlady on "Chico and the Man" |
| 29% | IRON | 4 | "___ Man," 1970 song by Black Sabbath about a man who time travels and sees the apocalypse |
| 29% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |
| 29% | ETHEL | 5 | Waters who was the first Black American to host a national television show |
| 29% | PETECARROLL | 11 | Football coach who won two National Championships with USC and a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MEGANTHEE | 9 | With 46-Across, "Savage" rapper who both hosted and was the musical act in a 2022 "SNL" episode: 2 wds. |
| 28% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 28% | DARKTOWER | 9 | Round board game with a black column in the middle |
| 28% | VICTORIAARLEN | 13 | ESPN host and Paralympic swimmer who was a semifinalist on season 25 of "Dancing with the Stars" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ALOE | 4 | Singer ___ Blacc who had a top-10 hit in 2014 with "The Man" |
| 28% | JIMMYJOHNSON | 12 | Football coach who won a National Championship with the University of Miami and two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys (2 wds.) |
| 28% | KRUSTY | 6 | With 21-Across, "The Simpsons" character who is a children's TV host |
| 27% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who hosted "Dancing with the Stars" |
| 27% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Carrie" author who won a 1996 O. Henry Award for his short story "The Man in the Black Suit": 2 wds. |
| 27% | MATT | 4 | ___ Cook, "Man with a Plan" actor who plays Sonny in the 2023 film "Champions" |
| 27% | BAHA | 4 | Men who had a hit with Who Let the Dogs Out? |
| 27% | BER | 3 | Tom who hosted "Dancing With the Stars" / Brimless caps |
| 26% | CHOWCHOW | 8 | The only dog with a black tongue |
| 26% | AARON | 5 | Man with a rod, in the Bible |
| 26% | SHAMAN | 6 | A person who communes with the spirits |
| 26% | JUDYJETSON | 10 | Cartoon character with a black hair bow who attends Orbit High School (2 wds.) |
| 26% | COALTIT | 7 | Small European songbird with a black head and a white patch on the nape |
| 26% | SNOOP | 5 | Rapper who hosts a VH1 show with Martha Stewart, familiarly |
| 26% | ERIN | 4 | Sportscaster Andrews who hosted "Dancing with the Stars" until 2019 |
| 26% | NSA | 3 | Govt. org. with a forerunner known as the Black Chamber |