| 100% | MOE | 3 | Name associated with “The Simpsons” and the Three Stooges |
| 59% | BILLY | 5 | Name associated with the starts of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 57% | WOODY | 5 | With 63-Across, name associated with the starts of 17-, 23-, 36-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 57% | CURLY | 5 | Bald member of the Three Stooges with an ironic name |
| 55% | HEATHERS | 8 | Winona Ryder and three girls with the same name |
| 52% | DONALD | 6 | Name associated with the Taj Mahal |
| 52% | EERO | 4 | Name associated with the Gateway Arch |
| 52% | ANTOINETTE | 10 | Name associated with the ancien régime |
| 52% | OLEARY | 6 | Name associated with the Great Chicago Fire |
| 51% | MOELARRY | 8 | With 46 Across, the Three Stooges |
| 51% | LAOS | 4 | One of the three landlocked countries with four-letter names, aside from Chad and Mali |
| 51% | BOWLCUT | 7 | Unfashionable hairstyle associated with Moe of "The Three Stooges" |
| 50% | CLAUS | 5 | Name associated with a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer |
| 50% | BERTOLT | 7 | First name associated with the alienation effect |
| 49% | COEN | 4 | Last name associated with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
| 49% | WRIGHT | 6 | Name associated with 25- and 59-Across |
| 49% | RITZ | 4 | Name associated with crackers and luxury hotels |
| 48% | GRANT | 5 | Name associated with a painted apron and pitchfork |
| 48% | JAPAN | 5 | Country associated with the 🇯🇵, 💴, and 🗾 emoji |
| 48% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in Texas associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 47% | MOE | 3 | Stooge with the shortest name |
| 47% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in central Texas, US, associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 47% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in central Texas, US associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 47% | EBBWVALE | 8 | Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales formerly associated with the steel and coal industries |
| 47% | DHARMA | 6 | Component, along with the Buddha and the sangha, of Buddhism’s Three Jewels |
| 46% | PEA | 3 | "A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I?" |
| 46% | MOE | 3 | Larry and Curly's partner in The Three Stooges |
| 46% | USA | 3 | Country associated with the red, white, and blue: Abbr. |
| 46% | ATYRAU | 6 | City in Kazakhstan on the Ural River associated with the oil and fish industries |