| 100% | JOHNMADDEN | 10 | Legendary coach and commentator whose name is on an NFL video game series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ANIMALCROSSING | 14 | Video game series whose 2020 "New Horizons" game was a big hit: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MEGRYAN | 7 | Actress whose name is an anagram of the word "Germany": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 34% | EDASNER | 7 | Actor whose name is an anagram of the word "endears": 2 wds. |
| 33% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word "Presbyterians": 2 wds. |
| 33% | STANLEE | 7 | Comic book legend whose name is an anagram of the word "leanest": 2 wds. |
| 33% | SHAQUILLEONEAL | 14 | 7'1" NBA Hall of Famer and commentator whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARIOKART | 9 | Nintendo racing game series whose drivers include Luigi and Peach: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MAYO | 4 | Jerod ___, NFL coach and former linebacker whose last name is a creamy condiment often found spread on a BLT |
| 32% | NOMINEE | 7 | One whose name is on an award shortlist |
| 31% | FLORIDA | 7 | Rapper and singer whose name comes from the state he was born in: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALLTIME | 7 | ___ Low, "Monsters" band whose name was inspired by lyrics from the song "Head On Collision" by New Found Glory: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NAUGHTYDOG | 10 | Video game company that created the "Uncharted" action-adventure game series, which has been adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas, 31-Across, and 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | HALO | 4 | Video game series whose protagonist is Master Chief |
| 30% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | "The Hunger Games" series novelist whose "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" was adapted as a 2023 film starring 19-Across and 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DROZ | 4 | TV host and surgeon whose first name is Mehmet: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROSEMARYSBABY | 13 | 1968 Mia Farrow horror film, based on an Ira Levin novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HALO | 4 | Video game series whose first installment was subtitled "Combat Evolved" |
| 29% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | 2006 Julia Roberts kids' movie, based on an E.B. White novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TIPOF | 5 | "Her name is on the ___ my tongue": 2 wds. |
| 29% | JOHNHANCOCK | 11 | Signer of the Declaration of Independence whose name was borrowed for an insurance/financial services company (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DIAGONALLEY | 11 | Harry Potter thoroughfare whose name is a play on an adverb |
| 28% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CHADKROEGER | 11 | Nickelback lead singer whose first name is an African country: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 28% | STREETFIGHTER | 13 | Combat-based video game series, or a 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme film: 2 wds. |
| 28% | GEORGEBERKELEY | 14 | Scientist and philosopher whose name inspired the name of the city after which the element Bk with atomic number 97 is named: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | 1995 American fantasy action film based on the video game of the same name, with characters like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage: 2 wds. |