| 100% | AGRIPPINA | 9 | Name shared by the mothers of Caligula and Nero |
| 58% | ORANJESTAD | 10 | Name shared by the capital cities of Aruba and Saint Eustatius |
| 55% | THALIA | 6 | Name shared by one of the Graces and one of the Muses |
| 55% | LARA | 4 | First name shared by the heroines of “Tomb Raider” and “Doctor Zhivago” |
| 51% | GUSTAV | 6 | Name shared by the composers Holst and Mahler |
| 49% | SAM | 3 | Name shared by the bartenders on "Gunsmoke" and "Cheers" |
| 48% | MEL | 3 | Name shared by two of the five Spice Girls |
| 46% | MEL | 3 | First name shared by two of the five Spice Girls |
| 46% | MARTIN | 6 | Name shared by two of the stars of "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 45% | LUX | 3 | Latin word shared by the mottoes of Yale and Tufts |
| 45% | PUDGE | 5 | Nickname shared by the Baseball Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk and Iván Rodríguez |
| 42% | ARIEL | 5 | Name shared by "The Little Mermaid" heroine and a detergent brand |
| 42% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | The name of a song by Lil Wayne and The Chordettes |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Smallest of the Great Lakes, by name and volume |
| 42% | CIVILRIGHTS | 11 | Cause championed by the figures named at the ends of 16-, 22- and 47-Across |
| 41% | JED | 3 | Name shared by lead characters on "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "The West Wing" |
| 41% | ADDAMS | 6 | Last name of the TV family headed by Morticia and Gomez |
| 41% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HAN | 3 | First name of the character played by Harrison Ford and Alden Ehrenreich |
| 41% | BLACK | 5 | ___ Widow, Marvel character who goes by the name of Natalia Romanoff and appears in "The Avengers" movies |
| 41% | OURS | 4 | Shared by the two of us |
| 40% | WITCH | 5 | Scarlet ___, Marvel superheroine who goes by the name of Wanda Maximoff and appears in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" |
| 40% | GEORGE | 6 | Name shared by presidents Bush and Washington |
| 40% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | DC supervillain who goes by the name of Harleen Frances Quinzel, and appears in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 40% | THALIA | 6 | Name shared by a Grace and a Muse |
| 40% | TEAL | 4 | Name shared by a color and a duck |
| 40% | ORANGE | 6 | Name shared by a fruit and a color |
| 40% | RAFAEL | 6 | Name shared by sports stars Nadal and Benitez |
| 40% | TAYLOR | 6 | Name shared by Swift, Momsen, Lautner and Dayne |
| 40% | TITO | 4 | Name shared by musical artists Jackson and Puente |