| 100% | AIMEE | 5 | Mann who wrote most of the songs for the movie "Magnolia" |
| 54% | MANN | 4 | Singer/songwriter Aimee who composed much of the soundtrack for the film "Magnolia" |
| 54% | MANN | 4 | Singer Aimee who performed many of the songs on the "Magnolia" soundtrack |
| 53% | MANN | 4 | Singer/songwriter Aimee who composed much of the soundtrack for the 1999 film "Magnolia" |
| 53% | MANN | 4 | Singer Aimee who sang most of the songs in "Magnolia" |
| 53% | AIMEE | 5 | Singer/songwriter Mann who composed much of the "Magnolia" soundtrack |
| 48% | ANN | 3 | Martin who wrote many of the "Baby-Sitters Club" novels |
| 46% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who writes the words for songs |
| 46% | INDIA | 5 | Setting for much of the movie "Lion" |
| 45% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 45% | DREAMT | 6 | What Dorothy did, for most of the "Wizard of Oz" movie |
| 45% | ABBIE | 5 | Hoffman who wrote "Revolution for the Hell of It" |
| 44% | POE | 3 | Who wrote of "sorrow for the lost Lenore" |
| 44% | ADELE | 5 | English singer who won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the movie "Skyfall" |
| 44% | AIMEE | 5 | Mann who wrote the theme song to the podcast "I Said No Gifts!" |
| 44% | KASDAN | 6 | Lawrence who wrote the screenplay for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" |
| 44% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the songs for "Waitress" |
| 44% | SMITH | 5 | Sam ___, English singer who won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the movie "Spectre" |
| 44% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Waitress": 2 wds. |
| 43% | GIL | 3 | Garcetti who was Los Angeles County district attorney for most of the 1990s |
| 43% | LENDL | 5 | Ivan who was a top-ranked tennis player for much of the 1980s |
| 43% | MAGNOLIA | 8 | 1999 movie inspired by the songs of Aimee Mann |
| 43% | MIRANDA | 7 | Lin-Manuel who wrote the songs for 16-Across |
| 42% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer who wrote the songs for 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TIM | 3 | Whom Danny has written the most scores for |
| 42% | SASHA | 5 | One of the daughters for whom the 2010 book "Of Thee I Sing" was written |
| 42% | QUINCYJONES | 11 | Composer who wrote "The Streetbeater," the theme song for 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ODETS | 5 | Playwright who wrote the screenplay for The Sweet Smell of Success |
| 42% | LORDE | 5 | Teenager who won the 2014 Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 41% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer of the theme song for the Bond movie "Spectre": 2 wds. |