| 100% | PORTAL | 6 | Sci-fi entrance to an alternate universe |
| 48% | RAMP | 4 | Entrance to an expressway |
| 48% | ONRAMP | 6 | Entrance to an interstate |
| 48% | PORTAL | 6 | Entrance to another dimension in sci-fi movies, say |
| 47% | GATE | 4 | Entrance to an exclusive community |
| 41% | DARK | 4 | "___ Matter," book by Blake Crouch that is set in an alternate universe |
| 41% | CLONE | 5 | Sci-fi term that refers to an artificially duplicated person |
| 40% | ONEATATIME | 10 | Cry to an unruly crowd near an entrance |
| 40% | CUING | 5 | Signalling to an actor about lines and entrances |
| 39% | DOORWAY | 7 | Place to make an entrance? |
| 39% | REDPLANET | 9 | Val Kilmer's sci-fi thriller film from 2000 about an interplanetary mission to Mars: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ORK | 3 | Planet in the 1978 American sci-fi sitcom "Mork & Mindy" about an extraterrerstrial who comes to Earth |
| 39% | PICADOR | 7 | Horseman heard to choose an entrance |
| 39% | PICADOR | 7 | Entertainer heard to choose an entrance |
| 39% | PICADOR | 7 | Entertainer to choose an entrance, say |
| 38% | OPENSESAME | 10 | Words with which to make an entrance? |
| 37% | SMARTCARD | 9 | It may allow you to make an entrance |
| 37% | KEYS | 4 | They’re often needed to make an entrance |
| 36% | WATERSLIDE | 10 | Way to make an entrance at a pool party |
| 36% | FUTURE | 6 | "Back to the ___," 1985 sci-fi film starring Michael J. Fox with an oxymoronic title |
| 36% | TERRA | 5 | Sci-fi intro to "forming" |
| 36% | SAT | 3 | College entrance exam that's an alternative to the ACT |
| 35% | PORTAL | 6 | Sci-fi entry into another universe |
| 34% | IHOP | 4 | Chain with an alternate 28-letter name ... and what you need to write five puzzle answers? |
| 34% | WAR | 3 | "___ of the Worlds," 2005 sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg, where a man tries to protect his family from an alien attack |
| 34% | SHEE | 4 | Fairy-like Irish being that lives underground or in an alternate universe and which is sometimes preceded by the word "ban" |
| 34% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi classic set on an arid world |
| 34% | STEAMPUNK | 9 | Sci-fi genre devoted to the Industrial Revolution |
| 34% | MISTERSPOOK | 11 | Sci-fi character trying to creep it real? |
| 33% | HALO | 4 | Sci-fi franchise that started as an Xbox game |