| 100% | ELP | 3 | Rapper who formed the duo Run the Jewels with Killer Mike, in 2013 |
| 41% | ELP | 3 | Rapper who's half of Run the Jewels |
| 38% | MOSDEF | 6 | Rapper who forms one half of the duo Black Star |
| 38% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper West who formed the supergroup ¥$ with Ty Dolla Sign |
| 36% | ELP | 3 | Killer Mike's Run the Jewels bandmate |
| 36% | RICO | 4 | ___ Nasty, American rapper who released the album "Anger Management" along with Kenny Beats in 2019 |
| 35% | TATUM | 5 | Channing ___, "Magic Mike" actor who skydived in the show "Running Wild with Bear Grylls" |
| 35% | NAS | 3 | Rapper who famously feuded with Jay-Z in the early 2000s |
| 34% | NICKI | 5 | With 33-Across, "Anaconda" rapper who won the BET Award for Best New Artist in 2010 |
| 34% | ANDERSON | 8 | "Baywatch" actress Pamela ___, who ran the New York City Marathon in 5:41:03 in 2013 |
| 33% | ALICE | 5 | With 7-Across, short story writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 33% | NYE | 3 | "Science Guy" Bill who competed on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2013 |
| 33% | FRANKHOWARD | 11 | Slugger who led the MLB with 44 home runs in 1968 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MEGANTHEE | 9 | With 46-Across, "Savage" rapper who both hosted and was the musical act in a 2022 "SNL" episode: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BILLNYE | 7 | TV "Science Guy" who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JESSYENORMAN | 12 | Opera star with five Grammys who received the Spingarn Medal in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DISH | 4 | One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 32% | TYLER | 5 | With 32-Across, entertainment mogul who partnered with Oprah to bring his series "The Haves and the Have Nots" to OWN in 2013 |
| 32% | STACY | 5 | With 36-Across, 2013 Women's British Open winner who received the Best Female Golfer ESPY Award in 2013 |
| 32% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 31% | MEGAN | 5 | ___ Thee Stallion, rapper with the hit "Savage" who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2021 |
| 31% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |
| 31% | ARTE | 4 | ___ Johnson, comedian with the catchphrase "Verrry interesting" who starred in "Cannonball Run: II" |
| 31% | RASHAD | 6 | Former NFL running back Jennings who won "Dancing With the Stars" in 2017 |
| 31% | VALERIEHARPER | 13 | Emmy-winning "Rhoda" star who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2013 at age 74: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DEPAUL | 6 | Lynsey —, singer-songwriter who, with Mike Moran, represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with Rock Bottom |
| 31% | CONWAYTWITTY | 12 | Country Music Hall of Fame singer who shared four consecutive CMA Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year with 28-Across in the 1970s (2 wds.) |
| 30% | BARRYSANDERS | 12 | Former NFL running back who shared the AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award with Brett Favre in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 30% | POLOG | 5 | Rapper who sang the hit song "Rapstar" in 2021 |
| 30% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |