| 100% | FLUTE | 5 | James Madison once owned a crystal one (which was recently played by Lizzo) |
| 37% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is a character played by Keanu Reeves |
| 33% | KOTO | 4 | One may be played by a geisha |
| 31% | HAMLET | 6 | Play by William Shakespeare which features the line "This above all, to thine own self be true" |
| 29% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is the character played by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" |
| 29% | BUGHOUSE | 8 | Chess variant played by four players on two boards, in which captured pieces on one board are moved to the other |
| 29% | GUSTAVOFRING | 12 | Character played by Giancarlo Esposito in "Breaking Bad", who owns Los Pollos Hermanos, besides being a prominent meth distributor: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ETTA | 4 | Singer James who was played by Beyoncé in a movie |
| 29% | TWEEN | 5 | One who was recently a child |
| 28% | BYTHEROLLINGOFTWODICE | 21 | Mystery Person once wrote a waltz in which the choice of measures played was determined ... |
| 28% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 27% | JESSEPINKMAN | 12 | Character played by Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad", who was a crystal meth dealer and worked with the character played by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 27% | USED | 4 | Was once owned by someone else |
| 27% | FRUITNINJA | 10 | Game by Halfbrick Studios which involves slicing with a blade and has more than one million downloads on Google Play: 2 wds. |
| 27% | CUTTHEROPE | 10 | Game by ZeptoLab which has a creature named Om Nom and has more than one million downloads on Google Play: 3 wds. |
| 27% | BACCARAT | 8 | Casino game played by James Bond in a novel |
| 27% | GERMANIUM | 9 | Element number 32 which is inspired by a country |
| 27% | ALI | 3 | Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic |
| 27% | NAIL | 4 | A broken one might be repaired by a manicurist |
| 27% | RAMADAINN | 9 | One of a chain owned by Wyndham |
| 27% | REBEL | 5 | James Dean was one Without A Cause |
| 27% | DOGTAIL | 7 | One might be chased by its owner |
| 27% | MENTEE | 6 | One who is guided by a mentor |
| 27% | SPAMBOT | 7 | One may be foiled by a captcha |
| 27% | BROW | 4 | One might be raised by a skeptic |
| 26% | ACTOR | 5 | One for whom a play is work? |
| 26% | AMANA | 5 | Noted brand once owned by a utopian colony in Iowa |
| 26% | ALI | 3 | Boxer Muhammad played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic |
| 26% | GOOD | 4 | "The ___ Fight," 2017 American legal TV series featuring Matthew Perry which is about a financial scam that wipes out the fortunes of a lawyer played by Christine Baranski |
| 26% | ETTA | 4 | James played by Beyoncé in a 2008 biopic |