| 100% | JLO | 3 | Pop nickname that was the title of a 2001 4x platinum album |
| 46% | RIO | 3 | Brazilian city that was the title of a 2011 animated movie |
| 43% | OTRANTO | 7 | Italian city that is the title setting of a Walpole novel |
| 42% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the title of a Neil Young song (where Cleveland is) |
| 40% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 40% | NUDE | 4 | Second single from Radiohead's album in 18a, that had a different title originally and was supposed to be part of the album "OK Computer" |
| 39% | DARYLHALL | 9 | Member of a pop duo whose debut album was titled "Whole Oats" |
| 38% | COLD | 4 | ___ open, term and scene that is shown before the title song of a TV show |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose music was the basis of a hit 2001 Broadway musical |
| 38% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |
| 38% | JLO | 3 | 4x platinum album of 2001 |
| 38% | LACAGE | 6 | Informal title of a Tony-winning musical written by Harvey Fierstein that features the gay anthem "I Am What I Am" |
| 37% | NIGHTSHADE | 10 | Song by 28-Across that was a single on the "Game of Thrones" promotional album "For the Throne" |
| 37% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | 1989 pop rock song by Madonna that is a part of her fourth studio album of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 36% | TOPAZ | 5 | Birthstone that was the name of a Hitchcock film |
| 36% | GSHARP | 6 | Key that is the equivalent of A-flat: Hyph. |
| 36% | ALASKA | 6 | State that's the title of a Maggie Rogers song |
| 36% | GIN | 3 | Spirit that is the basis of a Tom Collins cocktail |
| 36% | HANNIBAL | 8 | 2001 movie that was a sequel to the 1991 Best Picture winner "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that was the site of a War of 1812 battle |
| 36% | JESSE | 5 | Name that's the title of a 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 36% | RONNIE | 6 | Name that's the title of a 1964 4 Seasons hit |
| 36% | HELLO | 5 | Greeting that's the title of a 2015 hit for Adele |
| 36% | GTO | 3 | Car that was the subject of a 1964 top 10 hit |
| 36% | NED | 3 | Name that is the name of a room when spelled backwards |
| 36% | CIA | 3 | Grp. that was the subject of a recent WikiLeaks release |
| 35% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 35% | EMI | 3 | Co. that was the subject of a Sex Pistols diss track |
| 35% | HALO | 4 | Bright object that's the title of a Beyonce hit |