| 100% | SEARCHPARTY | 11 | HBO Max series that opened with the main characters investigating the disappearance of a college friend: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO horror series that featured a cameo by Charlaine Harris, author of the source material: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GREGHEFFLEY | 11 | Main character of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | HBO Max animated series, about the Joker's ex-girlfriend, that features the voice of Alan Tudyk: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NOAHWYLE | 8 | Star of the HBO Max series "The Pitt": 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PAW | 3 | "___ Patrol," Canadian animated TV series with animals as the main characters that was made into a feature movie |
| 34% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FURYROAD | 8 | Subtitle of the new "Mad Max" movie that opened Friday: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEKARATEKID | 12 | 1984 film starring 14-Across and 31-Across that introduced the main characters of the Netflix series "Cobra Kai" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | CURBYOUR | 8 | With 38-Across, 2000-2024 HBO sitcom that centers around a comedy writer and his friends: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RIN | 3 | "The Adventures of ___ Tin Tin," 1954 television series with a dog as the main character |
| 33% | DOLLYPARTONS | 12 | With 27-Across, Netflix anthology series dramatizing the stories behind some of a singer's songs: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | With "The," Hulu drama that featured a cameo by Margaret Atwood, author of the source material: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CHRISTMASCAROL | 14 | "A ___," novella by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ELLERYQUEEN | 11 | Classic detective fiction pseudonym with a namesake literary award that contains the name of a chess piece (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DWIGHTSCHRUTE | 13 | A character from "The Office" played by Rainn Wilson, who is the nemesis and eventual friend of 42a: 2 wds |
| 31% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FORMULAONE | 10 | A sport that is the highest class of single seat auto racing, with former racers such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher: 2 wds |
| 31% | THEOTHERTWO | 11 | HBO Max comedy starring 16-Across and 28-Across about a family dealing with the sudden fame of a younger sibling (3 wds.) |
| 30% | SKILIFTS | 8 | Conveyances that get people to the top of a snowy mountain: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BARRYBERKMAN | 12 | Complete name of the titular character in the TV series in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 30% | REDSOX | 6 | Boston ___, MLB team and member of the AL East division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SONICTHE | 8 | With 42-Across, speedy blue title character of a 2020 film: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PAINHUSTLERS | 12 | 2023 Netflix crime comedy with Catherine O'Hara as the mother of a woman marketing opioids: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BSIDE | 5 | The part of a 45 record that probably wasn't the hit: 2 wds. |