| 100% | DRSTRANGELOVE | 13 | Movie subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," which was released 50 years ago today: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEBOMB | 7 | Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ___ |
| 38% | FAYEDUNAWAY | 11 | She was Bonnie in "Bonnie and Clyde," which was released 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Movie legend and "War of the Worlds" radio performer born 100 years ago today: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GRACEKELLY | 10 | English singer Mika's song which is titled after "The Country Girl" actress and uses dialogue from the movie: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BREAKINGDAWN | 12 | Fourth and final novel in "The Twilight Saga" which was released as a two part movie in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 25% | NEWMOON | 7 | Second novel in "The Twilight Saga" which was released as a movie in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ITOOAMAMERICA | 13 | Last line of a poem by 6-Down, which follows the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" (4 wds.) |
| 25% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer/actor who was born 100 years ago today: 2 wds. |
| 25% | NATHANLANE | 10 | "The Producers" actor who played Albert Goldman in "The Birdcage," which was released 25 years ago (2 wds.) |
| 24% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Superhero film "Thor: ___," which is a sequel to the "Thor" films, and released in 2017 |
| 24% | SUEME | 5 | Snide challenge which was also the name of a song on "Guys and Dolls": 2 wds. |
| 24% | CAROLE | 6 | Singer King whose album "Tapestry" was released 50 years ago last month |
| 24% | THELION | 7 | "___ King," American drama film featuring Donald Glover which is a remake of a 1994 animated movie and is slated to release on 19 July, 2019: 2 wds. |
| 23% | LETITBE | 7 | 37-Across album released 50 years ago (3 wds.) |
| 23% | BURTREYNOLDS | 12 | Jackie Gleason (born 100 years ago this week) costarred with him in "Smokey and the Bandit": 2 wds. |
| 23% | BEATINGHEART | 12 | 2014 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Divergent": 2 wds. |
| 23% | COFFEEAND | 9 | An anthology of eleven short stories "___ Cigarettes" which was under production for 18 years before being released in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 23% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 23% | REDSTRING | 9 | A stop-motion-animated-feature film "Blood Tea and ___" which was under production for 13 years before its release in 2006: 2 wds. |
| 23% | NOBELPRIZE | 10 | Annual award given to outstanding achievers, which was presented to Obama, whose birthday it is today, in the Peace category: 2 wds. |
| 23% | MEDO | 4 | "Love ___," 1962 song which was the debut single by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 22% | MRSROBINSON | 11 | Song by Simon & Garfunkel which was included in the 1967 film "The Graduate" and originally appeared on the album "Bookends": 2 wds. |
| 22% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts" with the lyric "When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?" (2 wds.) |
| 22% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Victor Hugo's novel which was also adapted into a movie starring Anne Hathaway and has a sentence with 823 words: 2 wds. |
| 22% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Mausoleum in India which is one of the 7 wonders of the world and is located in a 42-acre complex: 2 wds. |
| 22% | STILLFALLING | 12 | "___ for You," 2016 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Bridget Jones's Baby": 2 wds. |
| 22% | IDOITFORYOU | 11 | "(Everything I do)___," Bryan Adams (birthday today) hit which also featured in the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves": 5 wds. |
| 22% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 22% | NEWYORK | 7 | The Big Apple, which is home to the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |