| 100% | STARTREK | 8 | Gene Roddenberry's space opera which was Halliday's funeral theme in a flashback sequence in "Ready Player One": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KINGKONG | 8 | Giant ape known for climbing Empire State which appears in a racing sequence in "Ready Player One": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | "___ Fever," a John Travolta movie which inspired a dancing sequence in "Ready Player One": 2 wds. |
| 29% | GUYLAFLEUR | 10 | A former New York Rangers player who was nicknamed "The Flower" who is considered one of the greatest hockey players in history: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Mausoleum in India which is one of the 7 wonders of the world and is located in a 42-acre complex: 2 wds. |
| 28% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | Tennis player who is the only player (man or woman) to win a Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal in one year: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LIFESUPPORT | 11 | A 2007 movie in which Queen Latifah's (birthday today) character was based on Ana Wallace: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HAGIASOPHIA | 11 | A once-famous Basilica which is now a famous museum in Istanbul, Turkey: 2 wds |
| 27% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEFUGITIVE | 11 | Harrison Ford's 1993 movie (25th anniversary) in which he plays a man who is wrongfully convicted: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MELROSEPLACE | 12 | American primetime soap opera which was a spin-off of the hit teen drama series "Beverly Hills, 90210": 2 wds. |
| 27% | NEWMOON | 7 | Second novel in "The Twilight Saga" which was released as a movie in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SHOTPUT | 7 | Olympic event in which a large metal ball is thrown: 2 wds. |
| 27% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "The ___" which has been adapted into a film, an opera and a TV series: 2 wds. |
| 27% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Catcher whose #8, once worn by his mentor, former catcher Bill Dickey, was retired by the Yankees in a 1972 ceremony honoring both players: 2 wds. |
| 27% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 26% | VILLASAVOYE | 11 | Iconic modernist structure in Poissy, France which is a UNESCO Heritage site: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MEHRANKARIMI | 12 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2004 comedy-drama "The Terminal" which was inspired by a real-life person named ___ Nasseri: 2 wds. |
| 26% | OLIVIACOOKE | 11 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays the pregnant girlfriend of a murdered man in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | BETTYWHITE | 10 | "Hot in Cleveland" star who was a football player in a Snickers ad: 2 wds. |
| 26% | SPACEINVADERS | 13 | 1978 arcade game in which the player is attacked by slowly descending aliens: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MARRIAGESTORY | 13 | 2019 drama in which Scarlett Johansson played one half of a divorcing couple: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEORIENT | 9 | "Murder on ___ Express," Agatha Christie's detective novel published in 1934, which was adapted into a film starring Kenneth Branagh in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 26% | DOUP | 4 | ___ one's hair (arrange in a particular fashion): 2 wds. |
| 26% | HALFMEN | 7 | "Two and a ___," sitcom starring Jon Cryer which had a special Thanksgiving episode in season one: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEMEXICAN | 10 | 2001 Brad Pitt/Julia Roberts adventure comedy in which Gene Hackman plays a mobster: 2 wds. |
| 26% | DREWBARRYMORE | 13 | American singer SZA's song which is titled after a "Charlie's Angels" actress who also makes a cameo in the music video: 2 wds. |
| 26% | REDSTRING | 9 | A stop-motion-animated-feature film "Blood Tea and ___" which was under production for 13 years before its release in 2006: 2 wds. |
| 26% | FALLSIN | 7 | Takes one's position, as in a line: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |