| 100% | FUTURE | 6 | Rap artist, and the name of the #1 album he released on 2/17/17 |
| 46% | TRUEMAGIC | 9 | Mos Def's third solo album, known for its haphazard release and a lack of a booklet and cover art on the physical release: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BUDDYVALASTRO | 13 | Name of the head baker featured on 1-/5-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SUEME | 5 | Snide challenge which was also the name of a song on "Guys and Dolls": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JASONALDEAN | 11 | 17-Across and 30-Across country singer who was named ACM's Artist of the Decade for the 2010s (2 wds.) |
| 43% | GERIHALLIWELL | 13 | Birth name of the Spice Girl who released the solo single "It's Raining Men," and was nicknamed "Ginger Spice": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BEASTIEBOYS | 11 | Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" … or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? |
| 41% | HNDRXX | 6 | 32-Across's #1 album (which sounds like rocker Jimi's last name) released on 2/24/17 |
| 41% | LOUISBRAILLE | 12 | Blind educator who invented the touch system of reading and writing named after him: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HARRYSHOUSE | 11 | 2022 album featuring 17-Across, 23-Across, and 33-Across that debuted at No. 1 on the "Billboard" 200 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | Rapper who curated the "Black Panther" soundtrack album and performs on five of its tracks: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NUCKYTHOMPSON | 13 | The name of the character Steve Buscemi played on the hit TV series "Boardwalk Empire": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | Musical based on children's books by P.L. Travers and 1964 Disney film of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SCOTTSTAPP | 10 | Former lead vocalist of Creed on the albums "Human Clay" and "My Own Prison": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | "Bad Guy" singer who received the Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 39% | ZOOEYDESCHANEL | 14 | "New Girl" actress and lead singer of the band She & Him: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LAURYNHILL | 10 | "Everything Is Everything" singer who received the Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 1999: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ADORE | 5 | The Smashing Pumpkins certified platinum album released on June 2, 1998 |
| 39% | SARGE | 5 | Name of the WWII Army Jeep in "Cars" and "Cars 2" |
| 38% | NORAHJONES | 10 | "Come Away With Me" singer who received the Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SENSEAND | 8 | "___ Sensibility," 1995 period drama film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name starring Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SUE | 3 | Name on the cover of ''Kinsey and Me'' |
| 38% | THANKU | 6 | “___, Next” (20-Across’s first No. 1 single and the title of her 2019 album) |
| 38% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | 1995 American fantasy action film based on the video game of the same name, with characters like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RUNAWAYJURY | 11 | 2003 legal thriller film starring Dustin Hoffman (birthday today) and John Cusack, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ADAM | 4 | He "gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air" |