| 100% | CHARLIEHUSTLE | 13 | Nickname of 15-Across in his playing days: 2 wds. |
| 60% | KRISHUMPHRIES | 13 | Brooklyn Nets player and husband of 15-Across for 72 days in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 59% | SERGEANTMAJOR | 13 | Army reserve title of 15-Across before his promotion in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 51% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | "X-Men: Days of Future Past" actor who plays Nux in 15-Across: 2 wds.. |
| 51% | CACTUSLEAGUE | 12 | Nickname of the baseball teams who play Spring Training exhibition games in 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ORACLEOFOMAHA | 13 | Nickname of 15-Across: 3 wds. |
| 49% | SHOELESSJOE | 11 | Nickname of "Black Sox" outfielder Jackson who's a character in 18-Across and 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | FRANFINE | 8 | Title character of 15-Across, whose first name is shared by actress Drescher who plays her: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LORETTADEVINE | 13 | Star of 15-Across who won an Emmy for a guest performance in "Grey's Anatomy": 2 wds. |
| 48% | MRB | 3 | Nickname of George Baxter in "Hazel": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 action film in which 15-Across plays the girlfriend of Ansel Elgort's character: 2 wds. |
| 45% | USSENTERPRISE | 13 | Starship of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JIMHENSON | 9 | Creator of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DANIELHANDLER | 13 | Real name of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MISSPIGGY | 9 | Pink star of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MANDYPATINKIN | 13 | Former star of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ERICIDLE | 8 | Cocreator and lyricist of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | KEVINHART | 9 | Comic actor whose July 6 birthday was celebrated in his hometown of Philadelphia: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | Portrayer of 52-Across in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JASONROBARDS | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1967 film "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 movie in which 15-Across played a deity: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RICHARDBURTON | 13 | Costar (and later, husband) of 15-/21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CRIMINALMINDS | 13 | CBS drama in which 15-Across played profiler Jason Gideon: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CRYSTALBALL | 11 | Nickname of the championship trophy awarded to 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | VERONICALODGE | 13 | Dark-haired off-and-on girlfriend of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | COMICBOOK | 9 | Setting for each of the places in 15-, 21-, and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CALLMEISHMAEL | 13 | Classic opening line of 15-Across in which the narrator introduces himself: 3 wds. |
| 42% | FAMILYGUY | 9 | Seth MacFarlane animated series featuring the voices of 15-Across, 26-Across, and 34-Across that debuted in 1999 (2 wds.) |