| 100% | KETT | 4 | Last name in the funnies for nearly 50 years |
| 47% | OYL | 3 | Olive's last name, in the funnies |
| 46% | ATARI | 5 | Video game name for nearly 50 years |
| 43% | MAYER | 5 | Last name in the meat industry |
| 42% | CUBA | 4 | Country led by Fidel Castro for nearly 50 years |
| 42% | ARPEL | 5 | Last name in the skin care industry |
| 42% | CERA | 4 | Last name in the Arrested Development cast |
| 42% | AGE | 3 | 50 years, for Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" |
| 41% | ENO | 3 | Last name in the credits of many U2 albums |
| 41% | LEE | 3 | Most common last name in the world |
| 41% | BOYD | 4 | Woody's last name in the show, "Cheers" |
| 41% | SMITH | 5 | Most common last name in the United States |
| 40% | RUBBLE | 6 | Barney and Betty's last name in the Flintstones |
| 40% | HOYT | 4 | First or last name in the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 40% | ARNOLD | 6 | First and last name in the cast of "True Lies" |
| 40% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | SWAN | 4 | Bella's last name, in the "Twilight" movies |
| 38% | OHARA | 5 | Scarlett's last name in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 38% | SOLO | 4 | Han's last name, in the "Star Wars" movies |
| 38% | BRADSHAW | 8 | Carrie's last name in Sex and the City |
| 38% | SOLO | 4 | Han's last name, in the Star Wars movies |
| 38% | HER | 3 | Singer nominated for Album of the Year Grammys in 2019 and 2020 (and whose name spells a pronoun) |
| 38% | ROY | 3 | Last name of the family in "Succession" |
| 38% | GIBB | 4 | Last name of the brothers in 33a |
| 38% | PARR | 4 | Last name in "The Incredibles" |
| 37% | PARTON | 6 | Last name of Islands in the Stream singer |
| 37% | PARR | 4 | Last name of the family in "Incredibles 2" |
| 37% | CONNOR | 6 | Last name of Sarah targeted in The Terminator |
| 37% | EPHRON | 6 | Last name of sisters in the film industry |
| 37% | PLUM | 4 | Last name of the professor in the game Clue |