| 100% | HOWARD | 6 | Ron, director of Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind |
| 62% | HOWARD | 6 | Ron, director of Far and Away and A Beautiful Mind |
| 44% | RONHOWARD | 9 | "Happy Days" actor who directed "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind": 2 wds. |
| 42% | RON | 3 | ___ Howard: A Beautiful Mind director |
| 40% | RON | 3 | Director Howard of "A Beautiful Mind" |
| 37% | LAKEBELL | 8 | Director and star of "In a World..." |
| 37% | BENIGNI | 7 | Director and star of Life is Beautiful: Roberto __ |
| 36% | RON | 3 | "A Beautiful Mind" director ___ Howard |
| 36% | RON | 3 | "A Beautiful Mind" director Howard |
| 36% | EYRE | 4 | Richard —, director of the films Iris and Notes on a Scandal |
| 36% | RONHOWARD | 9 | "A Beautiful Mind" director who is a Tony away from completing the EGOT: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MEADOWS | 7 | Shane —, director of films Somers Town and A Room for Romeo Brass |
| 36% | SHANE | 5 | & 23A Director of films Somers Town and A Room for Romeo Brass |
| 35% | DANGEROUS | 9 | Confessions of a __ Mind, with Roberts and Pitt |
| 35% | FLOWERS | 7 | Song by Miley Cyrus that might bring out your green thumb and a beautiful garden of blooms |
| 35% | TRIET | 5 | “Anatomy of a Fall” director and co-writer Justine |
| 35% | RONHOWARD | 9 | Oscar-winning director for A Beautiful Mind |
| 35% | HOWARD | 6 | "apollo 13" director ron |
| 34% | KORDA | 5 | Zoltan —, director of film dramas Cry, the Beloved Country and A Woman's Vengeance |
| 34% | LUC | 3 | "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" director Besson |
| 34% | STANLEY | 7 | Director Kubrick of "The Shining" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 34% | RIAN | 4 | Director of part of a series between a film by J.J. and another film by J.J. |
| 33% | NATE | 4 | ___ Parker, director and star of 2016's "The Birth of a Nation" |
| 33% | FOSSE | 5 | Choreographer and director of Minnelli's Liza With a Z |
| 33% | SHEEN | 5 | Charlie ___, "Two and a Half Men" actor with a poetry collection called "A Peace of My Mind" |
| 33% | TSTORMS | 7 | Weather events with lightning, briefly ... or a description of 1 and 13 Across |
| 33% | MMI | 3 | Year that "Shrek" and "A Beautiful Mind" came out |
| 32% | ALLEN | 5 | Irwin —, director of adventure films Five Weeks in a Balloon and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea |
| 32% | ELI | 3 | Filmmaker Roth who's a member of the "Splat Pack" of directors and producers |
| 32% | EYRE | 4 | Richard —, director of films Iris and Notes on a Scandal |