| 100% | FOREVERYOUNG | 12 | Memoir by 35-Across about her time as a child star in Hollywood (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | "Respect" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BEYONCEKNOWLES | 14 | "Halo" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AUSTINBUTLER | 12 | "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor who starred as Elvis Presley in the 2022 biopic "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 42% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "So Emotional" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RITAMORENO | 10 | EGOT winner who stars in the remake of "One Day at a Time," the original version of which was produced by 55-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BORNACRIME | 10 | Memoir by 40-Across, about his childhood as a mixed-race person under apartheid: 3 wds. |
| 36% | SORROWSONG | 10 | Poem about the innocence of children by 49-Across in her 1987 Pulitzer Prize-nominated collection "Next: New Poems" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 35% | UGLYBETTY | 9 | 2000s sitcom starring 35-Across as a magazine assistant: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GENESIMMONS | 11 | Kiss bassist/singer who starred in an A&E reality show about his family: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 35% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "Howards End" actress who returns as a doctor in "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy": 2 wds. |
| 35% | OZZYOSBOURNE | 12 | Heavy metal singer who starred in a 2002-2005 MTV reality show about his family: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LEAVINGTIME | 11 | 2014 novel by 45-Across about a daughter investigating her mother's disappearance (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as in a play: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SHARONTATE | 10 | Actress played by 42-Across in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | RAYDONOVAN | 10 | A crime drama in which Liev Schreiber stars as the titular character: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FURIOUSLYHAPPY | 14 | Memoir by 46-Across subtitled "A Funny Book About Horrible Things" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 38-Across, 2015 memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates written as a letter to his son: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TOMMYKIRK | 9 | "Old Yeller" actor who played Wilby Daniels as a boy in 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SQUEEZEMACHINE | 14 | Calming device, also known as a "hug box," invented by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | NEVECAMPBELL | 12 | "Scream" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ONTV | 4 | Starring in a sitcom, for example: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SUDDENLYSUSAN | 13 | 1996-2000 sitcom starring 15-Across as a magazine writer in San Francisco: 2 wds. |
| 32% | VANISHINGACTS | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a missing persons investigator who discovers she'd been kidnapped by her father as a child (2 wds.) |
| 32% | PENELOPECRUZ | 12 | "Vanilla Sky" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |