| 100% | AEHOUSMAN | 9 | Poet who's the subject of Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love" |
| 48% | GERTRUDESTEIN | 13 | Pittsburgh-born poet who was the subject of a Picasso portrait |
| 46% | TASSO | 5 | Italian poet who was the subject of a Goethe play and a Donizetti opera |
| 46% | ELIOT | 5 | T. S. ___, poet who wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" |
| 45% | ERDOS | 5 | Mathematician who was the subject of "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" |
| 44% | ERDOS | 5 | Mathematician who was the subject of the book "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" |
| 44% | ELTON | 5 | Musician ___ John who's the subject of "Rocketman" |
| 43% | KROC | 4 | Ray who's the subject of the 2016 biopic "The Founder" |
| 43% | SYLVESTER | 9 | Animated character who's the subject of this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | ELTON | 5 | John who's the subject of 2019's "Rocketman" |
| 43% | RITA | 4 | Actress Wilson who's the wife of Tom Hanks |
| 43% | WILEECOYOTE | 11 | Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle |
| 43% | ELVIS | 5 | Singer who's the subject of Carl Perkins's "The Whole World Misses You" |
| 43% | ANNE | 4 | Queen who's the subject of 2018's "The Favourite" |
| 43% | ARETHA | 6 | Singer Franklin who's the subject of the biopic "Respect" |
| 43% | CLINE | 5 | Patsy who's the subject of the biopic "Sweet Dreams" |
| 43% | LYNN | 4 | Loretta who was the subject of "Coal Miner's Daughter" |
| 43% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | Actress who's the subject of 54-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TEENA | 5 | Brandon who's the subject of "Boys Don't Cry" |
| 43% | ALEX | 4 | Trebek who's the subject of a 2024 Forever stamp |
| 43% | LEONARDNIMOY | 12 | Subject of the documentary "For the Love of Spock" who also has an asteroid named for him (2 wds.) |
| 43% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Singer-songwriter who's the subject of Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" |
| 43% | KRISHNA | 7 | Hindu deity who's the subject of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" |
| 42% | PETRAEUS | 8 | General who's the subject of the 2012 biography "All In" |
| 42% | HURRICANECARTER | 15 | Wrongfully imprisoned boxer who's the subject of a Dylan song |
| 42% | ALAN | 4 | Mathematician Turing who's the subject of the movie "The Imitation Game" |
| 42% | CHE | 3 | Guevara who is the subject of Alberto Korda’s “Guerrillero Heroico” photograph |
| 42% | SKELETOR | 8 | He-man archenemy who’s the subject of much memeing |
| 41% | OLIVIA | 6 | Rodrigo who's the subject of the music documentary Driving Home 2 U |
| 41% | VANGOGH | 7 | Dutch painter who's the subject of the Don McLean song "Vincent" (2 wds.) |