| 100% | ELON | 4 | Musk in the 18-Across sketch "Gen-Z Hospital" |
| 43% | STAIRWAY | 8 | With 27-Down, song involved in the 18-Across lawsuit |
| 42% | ELF | 3 | Christmas figure seen in the answers to 18, 29, 46, and 60 Across |
| 42% | RANDY | 5 | Late songwriter ___ California, whose family is involved in the 18-Across lawsuit |
| 41% | ELON | 4 | Musk in the news |
| 40% | BREAKONTHROUGH | 14 | 18-Across by the Doors, in two ways |
| 40% | URN | 3 | Supreme-branded vessel in SNL's "Gen Z Hospital" sketch |
| 38% | ETTU | 4 | Phrase associated with the 18 Across |
| 38% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Six-time NBA champion with the 18-Across profiled in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | Fish who went missing in the 2003 movie that preceded 18-Across |
| 37% | MEANING | 7 | With 18-Across, it puts the fun in a pun |
| 37% | SUTURES | 7 | Stitches in the hospital |
| 37% | YEETS | 5 | Tosses across a room, in Gen Z slang |
| 36% | HOLES | 5 | The 18 in a round of 18 |
| 36% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, on 28 Across |
| 36% | STAT | 4 | Without delay, in the hospital |
| 36% | COMA | 4 | Oblivious state in the hospital |
| 36% | RAY | 3 | X-___ machine in the hospital |
| 36% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | 18-Across creator who wrote the episode in which 32-Across died: 2 wds |
| 36% | LISBETH | 7 | Salander played by 18-Across in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 36% | CAPTAIN | 7 | 18-Across's highest rank in the Navy |
| 36% | ARIZONA | 7 | State 18-Across represents in the Senate |
| 36% | TEENS | 5 | Much of Gen Z, in 2020 |
| 36% | ICU | 3 | Special area in the hospital: Abbr. |
| 36% | SHADOWTYRANTS | 13 | 2018 novel in the Oregon Files series by 18-Across and 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | RIMOFHEAVEN | 11 | Mythological high spot in the Himalayas where Firedrake seeks safety in 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 36% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 35% | FIXBREAKFAST | 12 | Plea concerning the menu in 18-, 26-, 53- and 64-Across? |
| 35% | ONEGATIVE | 9 | It's rarely found in the hospital |
| 35% | IVS | 3 | Ones stuck in the hospital, for short? |