| 100% | INSECURE | 8 | Hit HBO show whose main character worked at the nonprofit We Got Y'all |
| 29% | CSI | 3 | Show whose main character was Gil Grissom |
| 28% | RYU | 3 | Main character in Capcom's Street Fighter series whose "special move" was the subject of a scientific work last year |
| 27% | SAINTJOAN | 9 | Shaw work whose title character is burned at the stake |
| 27% | VEEP | 4 | Show whose main character's autobiography was titled A Woman First: First Woman |
| 27% | EDTV | 4 | 1999 film whose main character goes on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" |
| 26% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel —, US inventor and painter whose works include 1830's The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco |
| 26% | THECURSE | 8 | 2023 Nathan Fielder/Emma Stone show whose main characters are aspiring HGTV hosts |
| 26% | INSECURE | 8 | HBO show featuring the actress at 1 Across |
| 25% | LUKECOMBS | 9 | "Forever After All" country singer whose "The Kind of Love We Make" hit the Billboard Top 10 in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 25% | INSECURE | 8 | HBO show whose star also created the Web series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” |
| 25% | SNL | 3 | Show whose classic characters include the Church Lady and Stefon: Abbr. |
| 24% | MARIO | 5 | Main character in the best-selling video game franchise of all time |
| 24% | TUNE | 4 | Get ready to hit all the right notes? |
| 24% | LIFEISGOOD | 10 | 2020 Future hit featuring Drake whose video shows the two of them working ordinary jobs: 3 wds. |
| 24% | SODAJERKS | 9 | They get the scoop at work |
| 24% | CSINY | 5 | Hit CBS show whose theme song was the Who's "Baba O'Riley" |
| 24% | ARO | 3 | Like both main characters in the show "Koisenu Futari," for short |
| 24% | LAST | 4 | "The ___ of Us," HBO show nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series at the 2023 Emmy Awards |
| 24% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 23% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | Cartoon character who works at the Krusty Krab |
| 23% | DRS | 3 | All the main characters on "Grey's Anatomy" (Abbr.) |
| 23% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 23% | BAYWATCH | 8 | Hit series whose pilot was the TV movie "Panic at Malibu River" |
| 23% | SIA | 3 | Australian whose first big hit in the US was "Chandelier" |
| 23% | UNDER | 5 | "Down ___" (1980s hit by the Australian band Men at Work) |
| 23% | CALDER | 6 | Alexander —, US sculptor whose works include 1962's The Crab |
| 22% | ARLISS | 6 | HBO title agent whose name includes dollar signs in the show's logo |
| 22% | OILS | 4 | Works at the Met |
| 22% | OILS | 4 | Works at the Louvre |