| 100% | SER | 3 | Spanish verb that conjugates to "somos" for first-person plural |
| 46% | SER | 3 | Verb that conjugates to eres |
| 37% | DEAN | 4 | First person to receive a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor nomination |
| 36% | HIRE | 4 | Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" |
| 36% | LUISE | 5 | Rainer who was the first person to win two Academy Awards for acting |
| 35% | JKROWLING | 9 | First person to win a Smarties Prize, for children's books, three years in a row |
| 35% | EDITORIALWE | 11 | First person plural? |
| 34% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | First black person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TEEN | 4 | Person who might be able to vote or drive for the first time |
| 34% | CIA | 3 | Org. that you can't admit you work for to most people |
| 33% | ARD | 3 | Suffix for "drunk" to mean a person that drinks a lot of alcohol |
| 33% | SMS | 3 | Protocol that was first used to send the text "Merry Christmas," for short |
| 33% | STAB | 4 | Vampire-related verb that reverses to a vampire-related plural noun |
| 33% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 33% | CHARITY | 7 | "___ begins at home," idiom that suggests you should first help people close to you |
| 32% | SIDNEY | 6 | Actor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor |
| 32% | OAHU | 4 | Hawaiian island that is home to Honolulu and was the setting for "50 First Dates" |
| 32% | SUTTERSMALL | 11 | Historic shopping center that was the first to be called "a gold mine for investors"? |
| 32% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich that some people add avocado to, for short |
| 32% | EMENDS | 6 | Synonym for “alters” that keeps its meaning if the first letter is changed to an “A” |
| 32% | KICKSTARTER | 11 | Online platform that allows creative people involved in different mediums to raise funds for their projects |
| 32% | ESTAR | 5 | Spanish verb similar to "ser" |
| 32% | PIONEER | 7 | First person to explore somewhere |
| 32% | ALIST | 5 | First people to get invited |
| 31% | DEEPFAKE | 8 | Image or video that uses artificial-intelligence technology to swap one person’s likeness for another’s |
| 31% | SING | 4 | "Of Thee I ___," Broadway musical that was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 31% | ESTAR | 5 | Spanish verb complementary to 43-Across |
| 31% | GAGARIN | 7 | First person to travel to space |
| 31% | YEAGER | 6 | First person to break Mach 1 |
| 31% | TESTPILOT | 9 | First person to fly a plane |