| 100% | ACTUAL | 6 | Real-life |
| 100% | MAX | 3 | Jethro, in real life |
| 98% | ONSCREEN | 8 | Not in real life, say |
| 97% | AMEBA | 5 | Real low life? |
| 97% | AMEBAE | 6 | Real low life? |
| 95% | DOCUDRAMA | 9 | TV reenactment of real life events |
| 95% | TERRILYNE | 9 | __ Carrington, Real Life Story composer-musician |
| 94% | LAWRENCE | 8 | Real life Arabian inspiration to a film T.E. __ |
| 93% | EVER | 4 | "Will I ___ use algebra in real life?" |
| 91% | NEGRI | 5 | Actress romanced in real life by Rudolph Valentino |
| 91% | FRAMED | 6 | Who __ Roger Rabbit, half cartoon, half real life |
| 91% | EDITOR | 6 | White, in fiction, or Brown, in real life |
| 91% | FANTASY | 7 | "Is this the real life? Is this just __?" |
| 91% | LARPING | 7 | Players acting out RPGs physically in real life |
| 89% | IRL | 3 | Text lingo for in real life, not on screen |
| 86% | MILA | 4 | Ashton's co-star on TV and in real life |
| 86% | PARODY | 6 | Comedy imitation or take-off of a real life event |
| 84% | ACTUAL | 6 | Real or real life, not a simulation |
| 84% | CAMETRUE | 8 | Happened in real life, not just in a dream: 2 wds. |
| 83% | BIOPIC | 6 | Movie about a real person's life |
| 80% | LITTERBOXES | 11 | Places where some house pets "go," in both this puzzle and real life |
| 80% | CIA | 3 | "Tenet" organization .. which in real life was once headed by George Tenet (abbr.) |
| 79% | BLY | 3 | Real-life Fogg |
| 79% | MODELS | 6 | Real-life mannequins |
| 79% | SCENES | 6 | Real-life incidents |
| 77% | AMYFISHER | 9 | Role played by Drew Barrymore in a 1993 TV movie based on real life |
| 77% | LIPPI | 5 | "Fra Lippo ___," dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning that depicts a real life painter |
| 75% | SNS | 3 | Real-life connection service (abbr) |
| 75% | CONCRETEEXAMPLE | 15 | Real-life Illustration for clarity |
| 73% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |