| 100% | STAGEHAND | 9 | Person tasked with scenery or props during a play |
| 38% | BACKSTAGE | 9 | Performer's rest area during a concert or play |
| 37% | STAGEHAND | 9 | One who helps with props before and during a play |
| 36% | SET | 3 | Scenery for a movie or play |
| 36% | SHOPPER | 7 | Person with a basket or cart |
| 36% | MASTER | 6 | A person with great skill or proficiency |
| 35% | SET | 3 | Scenery for a play or film |
| 35% | DRAMA | 5 | A type of play or film with serious themes |
| 35% | GOLFER | 6 | Person who plays a game with birdies and bogeys |
| 35% | PIANIST | 7 | A person who plays with keys, strings, and hammers |
| 34% | OBSESSION | 9 | Disturbing preoccupation with a person or idea |
| 34% | DYNAMO | 6 | Person with a ton of energy, or an electrical generator |
| 34% | FRENEMY | 7 | Person who one is friendly with despite a dislike or rivalry |
| 33% | CHARACTER | 9 | Person or animal in a book, movie or play |
| 33% | DRAMATIST | 9 | A person who writes plays, such as O'Casey or O'Neill |
| 33% | IMPUTE | 6 | To ascribe to or charge a person with an act |
| 33% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with a single heart, diamond, club, or spade in the center |
| 32% | SKAT | 4 | Activity in which people are not playing with a full deck |
| 32% | AIRE | 4 | Suffix with "million" or "billion" for a very wealthy person |
| 32% | LASTTOLEAVE | 11 | Person tasked with locking up |
| 32% | SPINTHEDREIDEL | 14 | Play a game during Hanukkah ... with a hint to 15-, 21-, 42- and 47-Across |
| 32% | INVENTOR | 8 | Person with a patent ... or role for Jennifer Lawrence in the 2015 biographical film "Joy" |
| 31% | ENTRACTE | 8 | Interlude during a play |
| 31% | EMOTE | 5 | Overplay during a play |
| 31% | CUE | 3 | Prompt during a play |
| 31% | AMONGUS | 7 | Video game with a team of people accomplishing tasks, and one hidden saboteur |
| 31% | THEMOLE | 7 | Game show with a team of people accomplishing tasks, and one hidden saboteur |
| 31% | SET | 3 | Scenery for a movie or a play |
| 31% | ENTR | 4 | ___'acte (interval during a play) |
| 31% | FRUITFUL | 8 | Like a collaboration with a person who's 17-, 19-, 35-, or 52-Across? |