| 100% | BARBIECORE | 10 | Pink-based aesthetic associated with a hit 2023 movie |
| 43% | ELM | 3 | Tree associated with a series of horror movies |
| 43% | TRANS | 5 | Identity associated with a blue, pink and white flag |
| 43% | THEMACARENA | 11 | *Dance associated with a #1 Los del Rio hit |
| 43% | BATSIN | 6 | Brings home with a hit, as a base runner |
| 41% | TRANS | 5 | Like someone associated with a blue, pink and white flag, for short |
| 40% | THEJOKER | 8 | Villain associated with a staircase in the Bronx, thanks to a 2019 movie |
| 37% | KEN | 3 | "I'm Just ___" (power ballad from a 2023 hit movie) |
| 37% | ITENDS | 6 | With 13-Across, 2024 movie based on a Colleen Hoover novel |
| 36% | BARBIE | 6 | 2023 movie that reportedly used so much pink paint for its set that it caused a worldwide shortage |
| 36% | HOLY | 4 | Associated with a divine power |
| 36% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta ... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 36% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 36% | MONK | 4 | Tony Shalhoub series with a December 2023 follow-up movie |
| 36% | FLUVIAL | 7 | Associated with a river or stream |
| 36% | STAND | 5 | With 35-Across, 1961 solo hit by Ben E. King featured in a 1986 movie |
| 35% | JAWS | 4 | 1975 hit movie with the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat" |
| 35% | MACH | 4 | Number associated with a boom |
| 35% | MGM | 3 | Letters associated with a lion |
| 35% | MALARIA | 7 | Disease associated with a fever |
| 35% | ESCROW | 6 | Account associated with a mortgage |
| 35% | YULE | 4 | Season associated with a log |
| 35% | ARC | 3 | Shape associated with a storyline |
| 35% | STELMO | 6 | Patron associated with a “fire” |
| 35% | OCCAM | 5 | Name associated with a razor |
| 35% | NESS | 4 | Loch associated with a monster |
| 35% | MGM | 3 | Studio associated with a roar |
| 35% | ERIE | 4 | Tribe associated with a canal |
| 35% | ELMO | 4 | Saint associated with a "fire" |
| 35% | SIM | 3 | Card associated with a number |