| 100% | SHEENAEASTON | 12 | Pop music star who sang "We've Got Tonight" with 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 62% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country music star who sang "Islands in the Stream" with 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Pop star who sang a duet with Lady Gaga on his hit "Your Song" at the 2010 Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROMEOAND | 8 | With 36-Across, Shakespeare play about star-crossed lovers: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BLAKELIVELY | 11 | "Gossip Girl" star who plays Lily in the upcoming movie "It Ends With Us": 2 wds. |
| 39% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress who stars in 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GEORGESTRAIT | 12 | "Give It All We Got Tonight" singer with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | "Peaches" singer/songwriter who co-wrote and sings 36-Across with 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GARTHBROOKS | 11 | Country music star who once had the alter ego "Chris Gaines": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | British rock star who sings "Sine from Above" with Lady Gaga on her 2020 album "Chromatica" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BATTLEOF | 8 | With 36-Across, 2017 sports film starring Emma Stone as Billie Jean King (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Baseball star who got his 3,000th hit on June 19, 2015: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HOPESOLO | 8 | Soccer star who competed in season 13 of "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 35% | CANDACEPARKER | 13 | Los Angeles Sparks star who accomplished a 34-/36-Across in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BINGCROSBY | 10 | Crooner who sings "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For" in the Thanksgiving scene of 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | "Shape of You" singer/songwriter who co-wrote and sings 36-Across with 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DESTINYSCHILD | 13 | Girl group who sang "Survivor," with whom Beyonce started her career: 2 wds |
| 34% | PAULRODGERS | 11 | Bad Company vocalist who sang with Queen from 2004 to 2009: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MRT | 3 | Action star who was on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DREWSCOTT | 9 | HGTV star who cohosts "Property Brothers" with his identical twin Jonathan: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Pop star who performed and cowrote the song at 19-/33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WILLIE | 6 | With 32-Across, country legend who sang "On the Road Again": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JASONALDEAN | 11 | Nashville star who sang the 2011 #1 song "Dirt Road Anthem": 2 wds. |
| 33% | CLARKGABLE | 10 | "Gone With the Wind" star who flew combat missions for the US Army Air Forces during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RICHARDGERE | 11 | "Chicago" star who played Edward Lewis in 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Pop music icon who turns 70 tomorrow (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Former Houston Comets star who accomplished a 34-/36-Across twice in her career: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "Eleni" star who worked with Steven Spielberg in "Empire Of The Sun" in 1987: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THELEGENDOF | 11 | With 36-Across, 2000 golf film starring Will Smith and Matt Damon: 3 wds. |
| 33% | RAFERJOHNSON | 12 | US track-and-field star who got a silver and a gold medal in the decathlon in consecutive Olympics: 2 wds. |