| 100% | CPA | 3 | Initialism appearing twice on the cover of "QuickBooks 2024 All-in-One for Dummies" |
| 38% | ZEPPO | 5 | One of the brothers in a garbage can on a ''Time'' cover (1932) |
| 38% | HARPO | 5 | One of the brothers in a garbage can on a ''Time'' cover (1932) |
| 38% | ANOTHERWORLD | 12 | Show Peter (Christopher Knight) appeared on for one season in the 1980s |
| 38% | SUE | 3 | Name on the cover of ''Is for'' fiction |
| 37% | ERNEST | 6 | Name on the cover of "Death in the Afternoon" |
| 37% | TITO | 4 | European leader on the cover of Life in 1949 (***) |
| 37% | SINEADOCONNOR | 13 | Irish singer who appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in its 25th year (1992) (2 wds.) |
| 37% | UTA | 3 | First name on the cover of A Challenge for the Actor |
| 37% | JAMAL | 5 | Journalist Khashoggi who was on the cover of Time in 2018 |
| 36% | PAN | 3 | Greek god depicted on the cover of "The Wind in the Willows" |
| 36% | DALI | 4 | 32-year-old artist pictured on the cover of Time magazine in 1936 |
| 36% | SHEL | 4 | Name on the cover of ''A Light in the Attic'' |
| 35% | BENSTILLER | 10 | Male "Zoolander" star featured on the cover of Vogue in February 2016: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LADYDI | 6 | She was on the cover of back-to-back issues of Time in September 1997 |
| 35% | RYANLOCHTE | 10 | Male Olympic swimming medalist featured on the cover of Vogue in June 2012: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ERICH | 5 | Name on the cover of ''All Quiet . . .'' |
| 35% | STEAM | 5 | ___ Locomotive, train featured on the cover of the packaging for the board game "Ticket to Ride" |
| 34% | POSESFOR | 8 | Sits to appear on the cover of, say |
| 34% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | N.B.A. star who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated while still in high school |
| 34% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Interstellar" actress who appears in one of the stories on 27-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | OPRAH | 5 | "The ___ Winfrey Show," one of the defining landmarks of '80s TV that had an impact on all talk show formats in the future |
| 34% | UFO | 3 | Mysterious ship on the cover of Boston's "Boston," for short |
| 34% | DURAG | 5 | Rihanna wore one on the cover of British Vogue |
| 33% | CHAR | 4 | One in on the founding of a company |
| 33% | ARIA | 4 | One of two for the devil in ''Faust'' |
| 33% | SUITOR | 6 | One of many for Penelope in the "Odyssey" |
| 33% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson album with songs like "Man in the Mirror," that went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time |
| 33% | RAJ | 3 | One of five characters on "The Big Bang Theory" to appear in every episode |