| 100% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as in a play: 2 wds. |
| 70% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as a stage entrance: 2 wds. |
| 59% | LOOKUP | 6 | Search for, as in a dictionary: 2 wds. |
| 56% | SITSOUT | 7 | Declines to participate, as in a dance: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ONTHE | 5 | ___ rocks (with ice, as in a drink): 2 wds. |
| 56% | FOREVERYOUNG | 12 | Memoir by 35-Across about her time as a child star in Hollywood (2 wds.) |
| 55% | FALLSIN | 7 | Takes one's position, as in a line: 2 wds. |
| 54% | PUTON | 5 | Stage, as a play: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MADEBANK | 8 | Earned lots of money in a short time: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ABUG | 4 | "Snug as ___ in a rug..." (comfortable): 2 wds. |
| 54% | ABUG | 4 | Snug as ___ in a rug: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ONICE | 5 | Cooling in a bucket, as a bottle of champagne: 2 wds. |
| 53% | MARTYMCFLY | 10 | Time-traveling teen in a DeLorean: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ABUG | 4 | Snug as _____ in a rug: 2 wds. |
| 51% | APPEAR | 6 | Perform, as in a play' |
| 51% | PERFORM | 7 | Act, as in a play |
| 51% | ENACT | 5 | Perform, as in a play |
| 51% | ACT | 3 | Pretend, as in a play |
| 51% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who won the 2024 Best Leading Actress in a Play Tony for "Appropriate": 2 wds. |
| 50% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | One of two singers to win 33-Across three times as a solo artist: 2 wds. |
| 50% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | One of two singers to win 33-Across three times as a solo artist: 2 wds. |
| 50% | JEREMYSTRONG | 12 | "Succession" actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony for "An Enemy of the People": 2 wds. |
| 50% | UPONA | 5 | "Once ___ time, in a land far away..": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ICEHOCKEY | 9 | Sport played on skates in a rink: 2 wds. |
| 50% | JIMCROCE | 8 | "Time in a Bottle" singer: 2 wds. |
| 49% | UPONA | 5 | "Once ___ time, in a land far, far away": 2 wds. |
| 49% | THREWON | 7 | Donned in a hurry, as an outfit (2 wds.) |
| 49% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 49% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as a stage entrance |