| 100% | BUDDYVALASTRO | 13 | Name of the head baker featured on 1-/5-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CARDIB | 6 | Featured artist on Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," the #5 song of the 2010s: 2 wds. |
| 46% | THEBEEF | 7 | Name of the Berzatto family restaurant on 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | NATERUESS | 9 | Frontman of the band fun. who is featured on 15-/23-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BENSTILLER | 10 | Male "Zoolander" star featured on the cover of Vogue in February 2016: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | KARENBLIXEN | 11 | Real name of the author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NUCKYTHOMPSON | 13 | The name of the character Steve Buscemi played on the hit TV series "Boardwalk Empire": 2 wds. |
| 43% | RYANLOCHTE | 10 | Male Olympic swimming medalist featured on the cover of Vogue in June 2012: 2 wds. |
| 43% | THEWEEKND | 9 | Stage name of "Starboy" singer who used the name for anonymity on YouTube: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | "No One" singer featured on the 2009 Jay Z hit "Empire State of Mind": 2 wds. |
| 43% | OLIVERQUEEN | 11 | Real name of Green Arrow, played by Stephen Amell on the CW's "Arrow": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ELSIE | 5 | First name of the head housekeeper on "Downton Abbey" |
| 42% | HUMANCLONES | 11 | What all of the identical characters on 18-Across are: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MRB | 3 | Nickname of the household head on TV's "Hazel": 2 wds. |
| 40% | KATEMIDDLETON | 13 | Maiden name of the Duchess of Cambridge: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DECORATIONDAY | 13 | Former name of the observance in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AMERICANWOMAN | 13 | Lenny Kravitz's cover song which featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me": 2 wds. |
| 40% | GUESTLIST | 9 | Written-down names of the people invited to an event: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BUFFALOBOB | 10 | Host of the show featuring 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOKSOLAGUNDOYE | 14 | Actress who plays the head of an Ivy League psychology department on "Frasier" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BRUCEMILLER | 11 | Creator of the Hulu TV series "The Handmaid's Tale," based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DESTINYHOPE | 11 | ___ Cyrus, real name of the singer behind "Wrecking Ball": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Pen name of the American writer born Samuel Clemens: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WILLARNETT | 10 | Voice of the title character on 36-Across: 2 wds. |