| 100% | ESPYAWARD | 9 | Honor that 33-Across will receive for courage: 2 wds. |
| 53% | TONYAWARD | 9 | Honor that 33-/35-Across won in ten categories, including Best Musical: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BODYSPRAY | 9 | Product that Axe is known for: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WARHERO | 7 | Soldier admired for courage: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DIEYOUNG | 8 | 2012 song that was 33-Across's seventh consecutive Top 10 hit (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TWOOSCARS | 9 | What Dustin Hoffman received for "Kramer vs. Kramer" and 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ABOUTDAMNTIME | 13 | Song by Lizzo that was honored with the People's Choice Award for The Song of 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 40% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | "That's What Friends Are For" singer who received a 2023 Kennedy Center Honor: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WEAREINLOVE | 11 | 33-Across album that won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male (4 wds.) |
| 39% | HEYYA | 5 | OutKast hit that was #1 for nine weeks in 2003-2004: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | Pitching stat that was 2.73 in 2012 for 15-Across |
| 38% | COACHCARTER | 11 | 2005 sports drama for which 34-Across was honored with an NAACP Image Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CAPECOD | 7 | Part of Massachusetts that was named for a type of fish: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ARKHAM | 6 | With 33-Across, institution for the criminally insane that is central to the plot of "Gotham" |
| 38% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ACTAFOOL | 8 | Single from Ludacris that was part of the soundtrack for "2 Fast 2 Furious," and was also nominated for a Grammy: 3 wds. |
| 37% | DETROITTIGERS | 13 | Team that 15-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ANIMALWELFARE | 13 | Cause that 15-Across advocates for: 2 wds. |
| 37% | IMAY | 4 | "___ be late for dinner": 2 wds. |
| 37% | NESTEGGS | 8 | Funds that are set aside for the future: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RMOVIES | 7 | Films that are not intended for younger audiences (2 wds.) |
| 36% | NIECYNASH | 9 | "Claws" actress who is nominated for an Emmy Award for playing Delores Wise in 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MELALLEN | 8 | Sportscaster for the Yankees who was known for his line "How about that?!": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ATA | 3 | Be ___ loss for words: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ELMTREE | 7 | A tree that is the state symbol for Massachusetts: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MIAMIMARLINS | 12 | Florida team that 18-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IMTO | 4 | "Are you saying that ___ blame for this?": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THESEVENAGES | 12 | Collection by 36-Across that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2002 (3 wds.) |
| 36% | WALKONBY | 8 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 3 wds. |