| 100% | THREETHOUSAND | 13 | Milestone number of hits 18-Across reached on 8/7/2016 (he's the 30th player to achieve this in the MLB): 2 wds. |
| 34% | JACKIESTILES | 12 | 2016 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Division I player to score over 1,000 points in a season: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ROALDAMUNDSEN | 13 | Norwegian explorer who in 1911 became the first person to reach the South Pole, one month ahead of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DEATHVALLEY | 11 | One of the hottest places on Earth, this place is home to Badwater Basin, point of lowest elevation in North America: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BJORNBORG | 9 | One of only two players in the modern era to win five straight 17-Across Gentlemen's Singles Finals (1976-1980): 2 wds. |
| 31% | ROGERFEDERER | 12 | One of only two players in the modern era to win five straight 17-Across Gentlemen's Singles Finals (2003-2007): 2 wds. |
| 30% | ADRIANBELTRE | 12 | Texas Rangers third baseman who became the 31st player to join the 3,000-hit club on 7/30/2017: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | Warriors guard who's the first player in NBA history to score 60 points in under 30 minutes of play: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ALESSIACARA | 11 | Singer of the 2016 hit "Scars to Your Beautiful": 2 wds. |
| 29% | MARTYKAAN | 9 | The name of Don Cheadle's character on the hit TV series "House of Lies," in which Cheadle plays the lead role: 2 wds. |
| 29% | RONKOVIC | 8 | 54-Across's role in "Born on the Fourth of July": 2 wds. |
| 29% | LONELYBOY | 9 | Hit song by Paul Anka which was also used as the title of the documentary made on him: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LIONELMESSI | 11 | FC Barcelona footballer considered to be the world's best player, whose total earnings in 2016 were estimated to be $81.4 million: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BENSTILLER | 10 | Male "Zoolander" star featured on the cover of Vogue in February 2016: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CARLOSBAERGA | 12 | Indians switch-hitter who hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same inning on April 8, 1993 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SUMMERSIXTEEN | 13 | 2016 Drake hit that went to #1 on the Billboard R&B and Rap charts: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SLIMSHADY | 9 | "The Real ___," Eminem's first song to reach number one in the U.K, with a video that parodied several real-life celebrities: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SWEETCHILD | 10 | 19a's hit song "___ o' Mine" which is the band's only song to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" singer who reimagined 18-Across in a 2024 hit with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Former NFL quarterback who did not play in 2011 due to multiple surgeries and won the Comeback Player of the Year in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MAYS | 4 | #2 on ESPN's list of the 100 greatest players in MLB history |
| 28% | ICHIROSUZUKI | 12 | Japanese MLB player who set the all-time single-season hits record with the Mariners in 2004: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | Singer whose debut single "A Moment Like This" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Singer of "Womanizer," which jumped 95 spots to #1 on the charts in one week in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | 2012 Marvel film in which 46-Across dies (though he's brought back to life in "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."): 2 wds. |
| 28% | PRINCEFIELDER | 13 | Rangers designated hitter who won the MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2015: 2 wds. |