| 100% | PHILMICKELSON | 13 | Golf great who partnered with 26-Across in 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 66% | TIGER | 5 | With 55-Across, golf great who partnered with 15-Across in 33-Across |
| 51% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Legendary actress who costarred with Robert Redford in 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JACKEICHEL | 10 | 31-Across center who led all scorers in the 2023 NHL playoffs with 26 points in 22 games (2 wds.) |
| 50% | TENZINGNORGAY | 13 | Sherpa who summited 26-Across with 39-Across in 1953 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | JOANNE | 6 | With 33-Across, "Laugh-In" performer who reacted to chicken jokes: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NORMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, novelist and journalist who plays Stanford White in "Ragtime" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" actress who played a crossword constructor in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MARKRYLANCE | 11 | Actor who costars as James Halliday/"Anorak" in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SCOTTBAKULA | 11 | "Quantum Leap" actor who stars in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | "The Greatest" boxer who went public with his Parkinson's diagnosis in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JOELKINNAMAN | 12 | "The Killing" actor who plays Erik in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MIREILLEENOS | 12 | "The Killing" actress who plays Marissa in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JULIANNEHOUGH | 13 | "Dancing With the Stars" judge who costars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TYESHERIDAN | 11 | Actor who stars as Wade Owen Watts/"Parzival" in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who plays 26-/37-Across in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNCENA | 8 | "Blockers" actor who voices a polar bear in 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Stay With Me" singer who won 14-Across in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JUSTINTHEROUX | 13 | Jennifer Aniston's partner who plays Kevin Garvey in 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOHN | 4 | With 34-Across, pro wrestler who acted in "Trainwreck": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | "Silver Linings Playbook" actor who played 48-Across's love interest in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress who stars in 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CARLWEATHERS | 12 | "Rocky" actor who played one-handed golf instructor Chubbs Peterson in 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DIANELADD | 9 | "Joy" actress who coauthored 33-Across with her daughter: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MIRAINAGASU | 11 | American figure skater and Olympian who participated in season 26 of the TV show "Dancing with the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 45% | LESLIEKNOPE | 11 | "Parks and Recreation" character who's credited with writing the 2011 book "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SISSYSPACEK | 11 | Oscar-winning actress who starred with 29-Across in "The Old Man & the Gun" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MARYJ | 5 | With 40-Across, "The Wiz Live!" actress who plays Florence in "Mudbound": 2 wds. |
| 45% | KENNETH | 7 | With 37-Across, Scottish author who wrote "The Wind in the Willows": 2 wds. |