| 100% | GAMEBOY | 7 | Hand-held Nintendo system released 30 years ago this month that launched with playable versions of 14-Across, 21-Across, 32-Across, 39-Across, and Super Mario Land (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Superhero film starring 15-Across, 24-Across, and 34-Across that was released 25 years ago this month (2 wds.) |
| 29% | TOP | 3 | With 57-Across, action film starring 15-Across, 33-Across, and 48-Across that debuted 35 years ago this month (2 wds.) |
| 24% | LEAVETHE | 8 | With 32-Across, Silk Sonic single that won the 2022 Grammy for Song of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 23% | BURTREYNOLDS | 12 | Jackie Gleason (born 100 years ago this week) costarred with him in "Smokey and the Bandit": 2 wds. |
| 23% | MAGICKINGDOM | 12 | Walt Disney World theme park that opened 50 years ago this month (2 wds.) |
| 22% | PURPLERAIN | 10 | Hit song, album, and film by Prince released 35 years ago this summer (2 wds.) |
| 22% | THEDARKHALF | 11 | 18-Across novel about a sinister supernatural twin that was released 30 years ago today (3 wds.) |
| 22% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | 14-Across and 29-Across rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame who turns 50 years old this week (2 wds.) |
| 22% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | American rock band with hits like "Radioactive" and "Demons," who will release their third album "Evolve" this year: 2 wds. |
| 21% | ICEHOCKEY | 9 | Canada holds a record of winning this sport the most number of times with a total of 21 medals: 2 wds. |
| 21% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 21% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 21% | NORMANLEAR | 10 | Executive producer of 32-Across and creator of the original version of the show: 2 wds. |
| 20% | SPACEAGE | 8 | Technologically advanced period that began with the launch of Sputnik: 2 wds. |
| 20% | LUKASGRAHAM | 11 | Danish pop and soul band with the hit single "7 Years", that was nominated for Record of the Year in the 2017 Grammy Awards : 2 wds. |
| 20% | CENTURYCYCLE | 12 | Series of 10 plays by 14-Across, including "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," that chronicle life in Black America over a 100-year span: 2 wds. |
| 20% | HIP | 3 | Nickname of Hirokazu Tanaka, Nintendo music composer for Tetris, Super Mario Land and Earthbound |
| 20% | TIMEMAGAZINE | 12 | Publication that named 18-Across 1963's Woman of the Year in its 100 Women of the Year project and 32-Across 2019's Person of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 20% | BEENLIKETHIS | 12 | 30-Across and T-Pain hit song with the lyric "That type of boom-boom, that bass" (3 wds.) |
| 20% | COOPERKUPP | 10 | 2021 NFL Offensive Player of the Year who caught two touchdown passes in the 2022 Super Bowl for 21-Across and was named Super Bowl MVP (2 wds.) |
| 20% | FAYEDUNAWAY | 11 | She was Bonnie in "Bonnie and Clyde," which was released 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 20% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 20% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 19% | MARTIN | 6 | With 31-Across, German theologian who posted his "Ninety-Five Theses" 500 years ago this month |
| 19% | KANSASCITY | 10 | With 36-Across, team that won two Super Bowls 50 years apart (2 wds.) |
| 19% | GNARLSBARKLEY | 13 | "Crazy" duo of 39-Across and Danger Mouse: 2 wds. |
| 19% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Actor who made his mark as an action hero 30 years ago with the hit "Die Hard": 2 wds. |
| 19% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator and head writer of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 19% | QUEENLATIFAH | 12 | Rapper/actress starring in 17-Across and 39-Across who turned 50 this month (2 wds.) |