| 100% | NEO | 3 | Movie hero with an affinity for Trinity |
| 53% | GANDALF | 7 | Wizard with an affinity for hobbits |
| 43% | NORMA | 5 | With 65-Down, movie for which Sally Field won an Oscar |
| 42% | AMC | 3 | Movie chain with an ad in which Nicole Kidman says "We come to this place for magic" |
| 40% | INDY | 4 | Movie hero with a fedora, familiarly |
| 38% | BIRDS | 5 | "The ___," 1963 horror movie by Alfred Hitchcock with no soundtrack that was nominated for an Oscar |
| 37% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Comic book hero with an S on his chest |
| 36% | INDY | 4 | Harrison Ford movie hero, for short |
| 35% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint with an alphabet named for him |
| 35% | ALAN | 4 | Arkin with an Oscar nomination for "Argo" |
| 35% | ALUM | 4 | One with an alma mater, for short |
| 35% | KSU | 3 | School with an Olathe campus, for short |
| 35% | CBS | 3 | Network with an "eye" for entertainment |
| 35% | FINDINGDORY | 11 | Movie with an amnesiac fish |
| 35% | BOWIE | 5 | Alamo hero with a knife named for him |
| 35% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis star with an ESPY named for him |
| 35% | BULLDOZER | 9 | Tractor with an upright blade for clearing areas |
| 35% | ROSS | 4 | Explorer with an Antarctic Sea named for him |
| 35% | NCAA | 4 | Org. with an Emerging Sports for Women program |
| 35% | TEA | 3 | Actress Leoni with an asteroid named for her |
| 35% | GRE | 3 | Exam with an unscored experimental section, for short |
| 35% | OMSK | 4 | Russian city with an asteroid named for it |
| 34% | ROCKY | 5 | Movie with an iconic long shot? |
| 34% | ROLE | 4 | Movie part for an actor, say |
| 34% | LANGE | 5 | Jessica with an Oscar for "Tootsie" |
| 34% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman with an Oscar nomination for "Pulp Fiction" |
| 34% | YWCA | 4 | Org. with an annual Week Without Violence, for short |
| 34% | INDY | 4 | State capital with an annual auto race, for short |
| 34% | AMEX | 4 | Company with an ultra-exclusive Centurion Card, for short |
| 34% | NYT | 3 | Newspaper with an annual Puzzle Mania section, for short |