| 100% | PAAR | 4 | Late-night host Jack of the fifties and sixties |
| 58% | FABIAN | 6 | Mononymous teen idol of the fifties and sixties |
| 57% | SERGEEVICH | 10 | Soviet leader of the fifties and sixties, Nikita ___ Khrushchev (var.) |
| 54% | LES | 3 | Host Crane of the sixties dubbed "the bad boy of late-night television" |
| 46% | JAMESCORDEN | 11 | English late night show host who was the co-creator of BBC's Gavin & Stacey: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | American late night show host who was the co-host of Comedy Central's "The Man Show": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SETHMEYERS | 10 | "Late Night" host who hosted the ESPY Awards in 2010 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 43% | OAKIE | 5 | Actor Jack of the 30's and 40's |
| 42% | AFTER | 5 | Last word of the first verse of "Jack and Jill" |
| 42% | BROOKER | 7 | Alex __; co-host of The Last Leg and The Jump |
| 41% | DREWBARRYMORE | 13 | Actress who was the youngest host of "Saturday Night Live," and the only woman to host six times (2 wds.) |
| 41% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the president between Harry and Jack |
| 41% | TETRIS | 6 | Game craze of the late 1980s and '90s |
| 41% | CANADIANS | 9 | Hosts of the 1988 and 2010 Winter Olympics |
| 40% | LEFT | 4 | New ___ (countercultural political coalition of the sixties and seventies) |
| 40% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | American late night show host who wrote the book "I Am America (And So Can You!)": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MEX | 3 | Host of the 1970 and 1986 World Cup: Abbr. |
| 40% | ELLEN | 5 | Host of the 2007 and 2014 Academy Awards, familiarly |
| 40% | VANGOGH | 7 | Painter of The Starry Night and his own portrait |
| 40% | DAVINCI | 7 | Painter of The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa |
| 40% | DANIELS | 7 | The "Jack" of a Jack and Coke |
| 40% | NYE | 3 | The last night of the year (initialism) |
| 40% | LEACH | 5 | "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" host |
| 40% | DEGENERES | 9 | Host of the Oscars, Grammys and Emmys |
| 40% | JOHNOLIVER | 10 | Comedian and late-night host who voices Steve the porcupine in 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PINOCHLE | 8 | Meld of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds |
| 39% | OLDS | 4 | Futuramic of the late 40's and early 50's |
| 39% | DAHL | 4 | John —, director of the films Rounders and The Last Seduction |
| 39% | ALADDIN | 7 | One of the stories of A Thousand And One Nights |
| 39% | DAWN | 4 | Beginning of the day and end of night |