| 100% | HEIGHTS | 7 | Lin-Manuel Miranda's first big play: In the __ |
| 61% | HEIGHTS | 7 | Lin Manuel Miranda musical In the __ |
| 50% | SEVENOFDIAMONDS | 15 | First card played in the game parliament |
| 48% | HAMILTON | 8 | Lin-Manuel Miranda's Founding Father hit play |
| 47% | ARENAFOOTBALL | 13 | Sport played in the first word of its name |
| 47% | ZEKE | 4 | First name of the wolf in Disney's "The Big Bad Wolf" |
| 45% | SOVIET | 6 | The first S in USSR |
| 45% | SERVING | 7 | Playing the first shot in tennis |
| 45% | LED | 3 | Played the first card in bridge |
| 44% | SAYONARA | 8 | Song played in the first and last episodes of "M*A*S*H" that's also called the "Japanese 32-Across Song" |
| 44% | ALEXANDER | 9 | First name of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton role |
| 44% | JANEKRAKOWSKI | 13 | "30 Rock" actress who was in the back seat during Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Carpool Karaoke" segment: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ETHEL | 5 | Singer Merman who played the first Annie in Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 44% | SIA | 3 | Australian whose first big hit in the US was "Chandelier" |
| 43% | STEVECARELL | 11 | "The Big Short" actor who played the title boy's father in "Beautiful Boy": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SEAGULL | 7 | The —, Anton Chekhov stage play first performed in 1896 |
| 43% | CARETAKER | 9 | The —, Harold Pinter stage play first produced in 1960 |
| 43% | GHOSTSONATA | 11 | The —, August Strindberg stage play first produced in 1908 |
| 43% | LED | 3 | Played the first card, in bridge |
| 42% | ELM | 3 | Tree found hidden in Lin-Manuel Miranda's name |
| 42% | ROOM | 4 | The —, 1957 play by Harold Pinter first published in 1960 |
| 42% | LARK | 4 | The —, stage play by Jean Anouilh first performed in 1953 |
| 42% | SELF | 4 | The first "S" in S.A.S.E. |
| 42% | SOV | 3 | The first "S" in S.S.R.: Abbr. |
| 42% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S in USSR stood for |
| 42% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S stood for in USSR |
| 42% | PENELOPEANN | 11 | With 50-Across, "Carlito's Way" actress who plays the First Lady in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CAIN | 4 | Dean who played Detective James Wood in "Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer" (2018) |
| 42% | LED | 3 | Made the first play, in bridge |
| 42% | ACE | 3 | First card played in B.S. |