| 100% | RUBEGO/IDLDBERG | 15 | Only person whose first and last name together is listed as an adjective in Merriam-Webster |
| 35% | REGINAKING | 10 | Acting royalty whose first and last names are both royalty-related |
| 33% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 31% | LADO | 4 | Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name |
| 30% | ARNOLD | 6 | First and last name in the cast of "True Lies" |
| 30% | DARCY | 5 | Character whose first name, Fitzwilliam, is used only twice in the classic novel in which he appears |
| 29% | SEANBEAN | 8 | Actor whose first and last names look like they rhyme, but don't |
| 29% | DISCO | 5 | Grammy category whose first and last year was 1979 |
| 29% | METEOR | 6 | Ford ___, automobile first sold in 1949 whose name is an alias for "shooting star" |
| 29% | MARYBERRY | 9 | Former "Great British Bake Off" host whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALDA | 4 | Multi-Emmy-winning actor whose first and last names start with the same two letters |
| 29% | OBAMA | 5 | President with the same first and last name as his father |
| 28% | ASICS | 5 | Shoe company whose name is an acronym for a Latin expression about health in mind and body |
| 28% | PSI | 3 | DC Comics character whose real name is Gayle Marsh and who can trigger incapacitating fear in people |
| 28% | SOLEHEIR | 8 | Only person named in a will |
| 28% | BART | 4 | First name of the only fictional character in Time's list of the 100 Most Important People of the Century |
| 28% | TRIVIA | 6 | "Hawaii and Tennessee are the only two U.S. states whose names end in doubled letters," e.g. |
| 28% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 28% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 27% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | 2005-2010 "Doctor Who" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 27% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 27% | ADLER | 5 | Last name of Grace in Will and Grace sitcom |
| 27% | ITO | 3 | Judge whose last name, with an added space, can also fill in the blank in "Who am ___ judge?" |
| 27% | GRETATHUNBERG | 13 | First Swedish woman and first person born in the 21st century to be named "Time" magazine's Person of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 27% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the song "Bye Bye Bye" whose name is an acronym of the last letters of the members' first names |
| 27% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "Love Me Like You Do" singer whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 27% | AARON | 5 | Last name likely to be first in a roll call |
| 27% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 27% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 26% | ANDRETTI | 8 | Only person to be named Driver of the Year in three different decades |