| 100% | WADE | 4 | Parzival's real name in "Ready Player One" |
| 47% | GROGU | 5 | The Child's real name in The Mandalorian |
| 46% | TGEISEL | 7 | 38-Across's real name, in brief |
| 45% | TOM | 3 | ___ Marvolo Riddle, Lord Voldemort's real name in "Harry Potter" series |
| 45% | SPIELBERG | 9 | Director of Ready Player One and Schindler's List |
| 44% | ATARI | 5 | Video game brand featured in "Ready Player One" |
| 44% | ATARI | 5 | Video game company featured in "Ready Player One" |
| 44% | ATARI | 5 | Game company featured in "Ready Player One" |
| 43% | LIVINGLEGEND | 12 | Big name in one's own time |
| 42% | LETITIAWRIGHT | 13 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays Shuri in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LENA | 4 | Writer/actress Waithe who was in "Ready Player One" |
| 41% | CHIP | 4 | One in a (successful) poker player's stack |
| 41% | APPLY | 5 | Put in one's name (for) |
| 40% | ERNEST | 6 | Author Cline who wrote Ready Player One |
| 40% | IKEA | 4 | Big name in ready-to-assemble furniture |
| 40% | TYESHERIDAN | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" actor who plays Parzival in "Ready Player One" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | IPOD | 4 | Music player name-dropped in Iyaz's "Replay" |
| 39% | ABE | 3 | Name that's one syllable in English, two syllables in Japanese |
| 38% | ERA | 3 | Big name in real estate |
| 38% | CENTURYTWENTYONE | 16 | Big name in real estate |
| 38% | REMAX | 5 | Big name in real estate |
| 38% | FERRARI | 7 | Big name in Formula One |
| 38% | CHARLES | 7 | With 36-Across, real name of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" author Lewis Carroll |
| 38% | SISSYSPACEK | 11 | Player of one of the women in Robert Altman's "3 Women" |
| 38% | CLINT | 5 | Hawkeye's real first name in the "Avengers" movies |
| 38% | STREETCAR | 9 | There's one of these named "Desire" in play, movie |
| 38% | OLIVIACOOKE | 11 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays the pregnant girlfriend of a murdered man in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 37% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 37% | OWNERS | 6 | Ones named in deeds |