| 100% | CHESSGAME | 9 | Match featured in "The Queen's Gambit": 2 wds. |
| 63% | BILLCAMP | 8 | Actor who starred as Mr. Shaibel in "The Queen's Gambit": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "The Queen's Gambit" actress who plays Olga of the Birch Forest in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | CHESS | 5 | Game featured in “The Queen’s Gambit” |
| 56% | CHESS | 5 | Board game featured in the Netflix miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 55% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | Actress who stars in the Netflix adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel "The Queen's Gambit" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | MIKETYSON | 9 | Heavyweight champ who's been featured in the "Punch-Out!!" boxing video game: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ROBERTLANGDON | 13 | Harvard iconography expert featured in the Dan Brown novel "Angels & Demons": 2 wds. |
| 54% | MARKRYLANCE | 11 | "Bridge of Spies" star featured in the 2017 WWII film "Dunkirk": 2 wds. |
| 53% | ITSOK | 5 | "___", song by Tom Rosenthal, featured in the trailers of "Comet" and "Anesthesia" : 2 wds. |
| 53% | IMA | 3 | "___ Believer," song covered by Smash Mouth that was featured in the "Shrek" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHESSGAME | 9 | Main activity featured in TV's The Queen's Gambit |
| 52% | MINDYKALING | 11 | Indian-American comedian featured in NBC's "The Office": 2 wds. |
| 52% | KATHERINEWEBB | 13 | 2012 Miss Alabama USA featured in the 2013 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | DEATHVALLEY | 11 | California national park featured in "Star Wars" (as the planet Tatooine): 2 wds. |
| 50% | NNEKAOGWUMIKE | 13 | 2016 WNBA MVP featured in ESPN the Magazine's 2017 Body Issue (2 wds.) |
| 50% | WAKEME | 6 | "___ Up Before You Go-Go," hit song by pop duo Wham! which featured in the movie "Zoolander": 2 wds. |
| 49% | JULIANEDELMAN | 13 | Two-time Super Bowl champion featured in ESPN the Magazine's 2017 Body Issue (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ISAIAHTHOMAS | 12 | Two-time NBA All-Star featured in ESPN the Magazine's 2017 Body Issue (2 wds.) |
| 49% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Male "Up in the Air" star featured on the cover of Vogue in June 2000: 2 wds. |
| 49% | GUSKENWORTHY | 12 | 2014 Olympic freestyle skiing silver medalist featured in ESPN the Magazine's 2017 Body Issue (2 wds.) |
| 49% | GREGNORMAN | 10 | Two-time British Open-winning golfer featured in ESPN the Magazine's 2018 Body Issue (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ERICROBERTS | 11 | Lesser-known older brother of Julia, who was featured in 2008's "The Dark Knight": 2 wds. |
| 48% | VANGOGH | 7 | Painter featured in the "Doctor Who" episode "Vincent and the Doctor" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ASHLEYWAGNER | 12 | 2016 World Figure Skating Championships silver medalist featured in ESPN the Magazine's 2017 Body Issue (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | Actress who played child prodigy Beth Harmon on "The Queen's Gambit": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 47% | DRSEUSS | 7 | The Cat in the Hat's creator: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 47% | LITTLEBIRD | 10 | Annie Lennox number featured in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" which she sang at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WITHSOMEBODY | 12 | "I Wanna Dance ___ (Who Loves Me)," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that was featured in the film "13 Going on 30": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ASIF | 4 | Cher's catchphrase in the movie "Clueless": 2 wds. |