| 100% | RON | 3 | Howard who's directed Hanks five times |
| 48% | RON | 3 | Howard who's directing "Solo: A Star Wars Story" |
| 47% | RON | 3 | Howard who directed 2018's "Solo" |
| 45% | RON | 3 | Howard who directed 2018's "Solo: A Star Wars Story" |
| 42% | RON | 3 | Howard who directed "Willow" (1988) |
| 42% | RON | 3 | Howard who directed "Apollo 13" |
| 41% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who's directing the upcoming movie "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| 41% | RON | 3 | Howard who directed "A Beautiful Mind" |
| 40% | RON | 3 | Howard who directed "The Da Vinci Code" |
| 39% | RON | 3 | Happy Days star Howard who directs movies |
| 36% | CLINT | 5 | Eastwood who directed Tom Hanks in “Sully” |
| 36% | GIAMBI | 6 | Jason who's a five-time baseball All-Star |
| 36% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who directed "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| 36% | AVA | 3 | ___ DuVernay who directed "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| 35% | ELLE | 4 | Macpherson who's a five-time 15-Across cover model |
| 34% | DUVERNAY | 8 | Ava who directed Selma and A Wrinkle in Time |
| 34% | TOM | 3 | Five-time Oscar nominee Hanks |
| 34% | SPLASH | 6 | 1984 rom-com directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks as a guy who meets a mermaid |
| 32% | TARDIS | 6 | Doctor Who's time machine |
| 32% | DEBS | 4 | Socialist Eugene who ran for President five times |
| 32% | ACTOR | 5 | Person who's directed by a filmmaker |
| 32% | JEFFBEZOS | 9 | Amazon founder who's been on the Time 100 list five times: 2 wds. |
| 31% | YUDARVISH | 9 | Five-time All-Star who's the first Japanese pitcher with 2,000 strikeouts in Major League Baseball |
| 31% | RITA | 4 | Wilson who's married to Tom Hanks |
| 31% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Animated character who's five apples tall |
| 31% | TOM | 3 | ___ Hanks, American actor who has hosted "Saturday Night Live" 10 times as of June 2020 |
| 31% | PUNCTUAL | 8 | Like someone who's always on time |
| 31% | TEN | 3 | Five times two |
| 31% | FORTY | 5 | Five times eight |
| 31% | TRAPDOORS | 9 | Secret exits represented five times in this puzzle's grid |