| 100% | MODELS | 6 | Real-life mannequins |
| 72% | MAX | 3 | Jethro, in real life |
| 71% | ONSCREEN | 8 | Not in real life, say |
| 70% | AMEBA | 5 | Real low life? |
| 70% | AMEBAE | 6 | Real low life? |
| 69% | DOCUDRAMA | 9 | TV reenactment of real life events |
| 68% | LAWRENCE | 8 | Real life Arabian inspiration to a film T.E. __ |
| 65% | NEGRI | 5 | Actress romanced in real life by Rudolph Valentino |
| 65% | FRAMED | 6 | Who __ Roger Rabbit, half cartoon, half real life |
| 65% | EDITOR | 6 | White, in fiction, or Brown, in real life |
| 65% | FANTASY | 7 | "Is this the real life? Is this just __?" |
| 62% | MILA | 4 | Ashton's co-star on TV and in real life |
| 60% | CAMETRUE | 8 | Happened in real life, not just in a dream: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ACTUAL | 6 | Real-life |
| 58% | BLY | 3 | Real-life Fogg |
| 57% | LITTERBOXES | 11 | Places where some house pets "go," in both this puzzle and real life |
| 55% | AMYFISHER | 9 | Role played by Drew Barrymore in a 1993 TV movie based on real life |
| 55% | SNS | 3 | Real-life connection service (abbr) |
| 53% | SFPD | 4 | Real-life org. seen in "Bullitt" |
| 53% | HEARST | 6 | Real-life model for Citizen Kane |
| 52% | LIFELIKE | 8 | Resembling a real person (the way a well-made mannequin does) |
| 52% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |
| 50% | NITTI | 5 | Real-life 33-Across once played by Stallone |
| 50% | SELKIRK | 7 | Real-life sailor on whom Crusoe was based |
| 49% | HEARST | 6 | Citizen Kane's real-life model |
| 49% | SAWYER | 6 | Fictional Tom or real-life Diane |
| 48% | RONWOODROOF | 11 | The real life character played by Matthew McConaughey in the Oscar winning movie "Dallas Buyers Club": 2 wds. |
| 48% | NEDKELLY | 8 | Real-life outlaw played in film by Mick Jagger |
| 48% | LENNYBRUCE | 10 | Real-life comic played in film by Dustin Hoffman |
| 48% | DURAN | 5 | Real-life boxing champ who appeared in "Rocky II" |