| 100% | MANIA | 5 | Obsession, as with a pop star |
| 57% | KESHA | 5 | Pop star whose name was formerly spelled with a $ |
| 57% | KESHA | 5 | Pop star whose name was once stylized with a $ |
| 56% | AGUILERA | 8 | Pop star Christina known as the "Voice of a Generation" |
| 55% | KESHA | 5 | Pop star whose name used to be spelled with a dollar sign |
| 55% | SIA | 3 | Pop star with a writing credit on Rihanna’s 2012 hit “Diamonds” |
| 54% | LIZA | 4 | "___ with a Z," 1972 concert film starring Ann Reinking as a dancer |
| 54% | NATO | 4 | Org. with a compass star as its symbol |
| 53% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Pop star with the 2023 début album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” |
| 51% | RIRI | 4 | Perfume named after a pop star |
| 51% | GONE | 4 | With 31-Across, 2014 film starring Rosamund Pike as a woman who disappeared |
| 50% | RETURNOFDOCTORX | 15 | *Horror flick starring Humphrey Bogart as a mad scientist, with “The” |
| 50% | BUBBLE | 6 | ___ hotel, spot with a view of the stars that one may choose as a vacation stay |
| 50% | THEWITCHES | 10 | With 40-Across, 1987 movie starring 15-Across as a coven member: 2 wds. |
| 50% | TIN | 3 | With 50-Across, 1996 film starring Kevin Costner as a washed-up golf pro |
| 50% | TIN | 3 | With 9-Across, 1996 film starring Kevin Costner as a washed-up golf pro |
| 50% | ARRIVAL | 7 | 2016 film starring Amy Adams as a linguist who communicates with aliens |
| 50% | KIMI | 4 | 2022 thriller film starring Zoe Kravitz as a tech worker with agoraphobia |
| 50% | MONK | 4 | Former TV series starring Tony Shalhoub as a detective with anxiety disorders |
| 49% | BOURNELEGACY | 12 | With "The," 2012 action thriller starring Jeremy Renner as a black ops operative: 2 wds. |
| 49% | AMERICAN | 8 | With 34-Across, 2007 Ridley Scott film starring Russell Crowe as a New Jersey detective |
| 49% | SNAPSON | 7 | Fastens with a pop |
| 49% | SNAPON | 6 | Fasten with a pop |
| 49% | UNSNAP | 6 | Open with a pop |
| 49% | UNSNAP | 6 | Release with a pop |
| 49% | UNSNAPS | 7 | Releases with a pop |
| 49% | SIR | 3 | "To ___, With Love" (1967 movie starring Sidney Poitier as a teacher in London) |
| 49% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Pop star who sang a duet with Lady Gaga on his hit "Your Song" at the 2010 Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ONENAME | 7 | A pop star might go by this |
| 48% | VALLEYOF | 8 | With 39-Across, 1967 movie that starred Patty Duke as a pill-addicted celebrity: 2 wds. |