| 100% | MAX | 3 | Horse from the royal army who becomes a reluctant sidekick to Flynn Rider in "Tangled" |
| 33% | GRANDY | 6 | Fred ___, actor turned politician who became a member of the US House of Representatives from Iowa in 1986 |
| 32% | EILEEN | 6 | ___ Collins, American astronaut who became the first woman to command a space shuttle mission in 1999 |
| 31% | DANAE | 5 | Princess who became pregnant with Perseus after Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold |
| 30% | MAXIMUS | 7 | Police horse who chases Flynn Rider in "Tangled" |
| 30% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 30% | AMIDALA | 7 | Queen who becomes a senator in the "Star Wars" saga |
| 30% | CHIP | 4 | Boy who became a teacup in "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 30% | MANNYPACQUIAO | 13 | Filipino boxer who recently became the first person to hold a world title in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 29% | JAKOB | 5 | Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile |
| 29% | MULAN | 5 | Fa ___, character from the Disney Princess franchise who joins an army under the guise of a man in the film based on a Chinese Legend |
| 29% | DEAN | 4 | ___ Winchester, character who becomes a "temporary vampire" in the TV series "Supernatural" |
| 29% | VASCODAGAMA | 11 | Portuguese explorer who found a sea route from Europe to India in the late 1400s: 3 wds. |
| 28% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Connor, character who is a sidekick to the Terminator in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" |
| 28% | SHOHEI | 6 | With 34-Across, Dodgers pitcher who, in 2024, became the only player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases in a season |
| 28% | DELOREAN | 8 | Car that becomes a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 28% | SANCHO | 6 | ___ Panza, loyal squire who is a sidekick to the titular protagonist in "Don Quixote" |
| 28% | ABLE | 4 | Monkey who became the first to return to Earth successfully in 1959 |
| 27% | EFFIE | 5 | Avis Hotchkiss' daughter who drove with her mom in completing the 9000 mile trip from NY to SF and back in 1915 on a Harley-Davidson |
| 27% | POWELL | 6 | Al ___, police sergeant who is a sidekick to McClane in the 1988 movie "Die Hard" |
| 27% | VALENTINA | 9 | ___ Tereshkova, cosmonaut who became the first woman to fly in space in 1964 |
| 27% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog who became the first living being to orbit the Earth in 1957 |
| 27% | CARTER | 6 | Singer Blue Ivy who became the second youngest to win a Grammy Award |
| 27% | PASSENGER | 9 | The person who sits next to the driver in a car |
| 27% | CHAFF | 5 | What to separate the wheat from, in a saying |
| 27% | STABLEBOY | 9 | Person in a barn who tends to the animals |
| 27% | STAR | 4 | Patrick ___, character from the series "SpongeBob SquarePants" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 27% | PETER | 5 | ___ Griffin, character from the series "Family Guy" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 27% | BOWE | 4 | Who defeated Holyfield to become the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1992 |
| 27% | SIR | 3 | How to address a male superior officer in the army |