| 100% | APATOW | 6 | Judd who directed "This Is 40" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" |
| 75% | APATOW | 6 | Judd who directed "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" |
| 74% | APATOW | 6 | "This Is 40" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" director Judd |
| 59% | APATOW | 6 | Director of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "This Is 40" |
| 53% | ERIC | 4 | Actor Braeden who has been on "The Young and the Restless" for over 40 years |
| 52% | RON | 3 | Son who was 28 years old when his dad signed the "Immigration Reform and Control Act" in '86 |
| 51% | FRIDERIC | 8 | George ___ Handel, composer from the Baroque era who was born in the same year as 31a and has composed more than 40 operas |
| 50% | ROSSELLINI | 10 | Isabella who played Hitchcock, Chaplin, Fellini, her mother, and her father, in the short film “My Dad Is 100 Years Old” |
| 50% | CINDYADAMS | 10 | Gossip columnist and animal rights activist who is still producing work for the New York Post after more than 40 years |
| 50% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | 14-Across and 29-Across rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame who turns 50 years old this week (2 wds.) |
| 50% | RUDD | 4 | "The 40 Year Old Virgin" actor Paul |
| 50% | NATASHALYONNE | 13 | "Orange Is the New Black," 24-Across, and 39-Across star who turns 45 years old on April 4, 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | APATOW | 6 | Judd, director of Knocked Up and This Is 40 |
| 49% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." |
| 48% | RENAS | 5 | Bitter who was the Ambassador to Laos until this year and Sofer who starred in TV's "Always and Forever" |
| 48% | NIAGARA | 7 | (3/6)"Our first stop is the ___ Falls. Fun fact: This 12,000 years old waterfall lies on the border between Ontario and New York!" |
| 48% | ELMO | 4 | "Sesame Street" Muppet who is supposedly three and a half years old |
| 47% | OTHER | 5 | "Of Love and ___ Demons," 1994 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that tells the story of a 12 year old girl who is bitten by a dog |
| 47% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Les Misérables" Oscar winner who turns 40 years old this month (2 wds.) |
| 47% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who directed "This is the Life" |
| 47% | NOA | 3 | Rapper and philanthropist ___ James, who released "The Love Was Never Hidden" earlier this year |
| 46% | SEXCOMEDIES | 11 | "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" |
| 45% | ALI | 3 | Laila who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this year |
| 44% | IJUSTMETYOU | 11 | "Hey, ___, and this is crazy ..." (start of the chorus in 40-Across): 4 wds. |
| 44% | AGEGROUP | 8 | Set of people who are around the same number of years old: 2 wds. |
| 44% | POGO | 4 | Old comics character who said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." |
| 44% | OAKS | 4 | These trees can live for over 1500 years and one in Bulgaria is about 1700 years old |
| 44% | NACHOS | 6 | The International Festival celebrating these is held between October 13 and 15 each year at Piedras Negras |
| 44% | OLIN | 4 | Actor Ken, star of "Thirtysomething", who will return in the sequel announced early this year |
| 44% | ENOS | 4 | Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived for nine hundred and five years |