| 100% | DOTE | 4 | Shower with affection, with "on" |
| 100% | DOTED | 5 | Showered with affection, with "on" |
| 90% | DOTE | 4 | Shower affection on (rhymes with "vote") |
| 89% | DOTE | 4 | ___ on (shower with affection) |
| 87% | DOTE | 4 | Shower affection, with "on" |
| 83% | DOTES | 5 | Showers with affection |
| 79% | DOTE | 4 | Shower affection "on" (rhymes with note) |
| 78% | LOVEBOMBS | 9 | Showers with affection in a manipulative way |
| 76% | LIKEARASH | 9 | All over someone __; showering with affection |
| 75% | DOTE | 4 | __ on; shower with love |
| 72% | CARE | 4 | Shower affection on |
| 71% | BONINESS | 8 | Thinness, with the skeleton on show |
| 70% | LAVA | 4 | "Floor Is ___" (Netflix game show with red goop on the set) |
| 68% | SNL | 3 | NBC show with skits on various topics: Abbr. |
| 68% | DOTE | 4 | Shower affection on (anagram of "toed") |
| 67% | SWIPE | 5 | With 9-Across, show one's approval on the app Tinder |
| 67% | RECAP | 5 | Part of a show that begins with "Previously on ..." |
| 67% | CBS | 3 | Network with shows on Paramount+ |
| 65% | ANNE | 4 | "___ With an E" (Canadian show on Netflix) |
| 65% | BATISTE | 7 | Musician Jon ___, who appears on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" |
| 65% | DROP | 4 | "___ the Mic," segment on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" |
| 65% | CHER | 4 | Singer who starred on a 1970s variety show with Sonny Bono |
| 64% | VIEW | 4 | ABC show on weekday mornings, with "The" |
| 64% | COCA | 4 | Actress Imogene who appeared with Sid Caesar on "Your Show of Shows" |
| 63% | RACHEL | 6 | With 36-Across, LGBT host whose show is on MSNBC |
| 63% | CROWN | 5 | Show on which Gillian Anderson plays Margaret Thatcher, with "The" |
| 63% | PUPPET | 6 | Moveable toy, with strings, for putting on shows |
| 63% | STERN | 5 | Howard with a talk show on Sirius XM |
| 63% | DAYS | 4 | "Strange ___ with Bob Saget," show on offbeat cultures |
| 63% | ELMO | 4 | Muppet with a talk show on HBO Max |