| 100% | COEN | 4 | Last name associated with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
| 60% | COEN | 4 | Last name of the directors of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" |
| 58% | COEN | 4 | Last name of either "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" filmmaker |
| 58% | COEN | 4 | Last name of both "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" directors |
| 52% | ZOPHRES | 7 | Mary __, costumier on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
| 49% | BILLY | 5 | Name associated with the starts of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 47% | TYNE | 4 | "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" actress Daly |
| 47% | ETHANCOEN | 9 | "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" co-director |
| 47% | ZOE | 3 | "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" actress Kazan |
| 47% | COEN | 4 | ___ brothers ("The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" directors) |
| 47% | COEN | 4 | Either "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" filmmaker |
| 46% | NEE | 3 | Originally with the last name of |
| 43% | SPRAT | 5 | Last name associated with dieting |
| 43% | ATKINS | 6 | Last name associated with dieting |
| 43% | SOSA | 4 | Last name of the only player in MLB history with three 60-homer seasons |
| 43% | MIYAZAKI | 8 | Last name associated with Studio Ghibli |
| 43% | DONALD | 6 | Name associated with the Taj Mahal |
| 43% | EERO | 4 | Name associated with the Gateway Arch |
| 43% | ANTOINETTE | 10 | Name associated with the ancien régime |
| 43% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 42% | OLEARY | 6 | Name associated with the Great Chicago Fire |
| 42% | CASANOVA | 8 | Italian last name associated with womanizing |
| 42% | WOODY | 5 | With 63-Across, name associated with the starts of 17-, 23-, 36-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 41% | COEN | 4 | Either director of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" |
| 41% | BERTOLT | 7 | First name associated with the alienation effect |
| 41% | COEN | 4 | Surname of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" filmmakers Ethan and Joel |
| 41% | SILICON | 7 | Name of the Valley associated with tech companies |
| 40% | MACH | 4 | Physicist Ernst whose name is associated with the speed of sound |
| 40% | MOE | 3 | Name associated with “The Simpsons” and the Three Stooges |
| 40% | LIAM | 4 | Actor ___ Neeson of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" |