| 100% | EGON | 4 | Spengler of the Ghostbusters series who once tried to drill a hole in his own head |
| 34% | COLDPLAY | 8 | Band who had a Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002 |
| 32% | WALDO | 5 | Character who young readers tried to find in a series of books |
| 31% | MONET | 5 | Well-known artist who repainted some of his paintings in a bluer hue due to the effects of cataract surgery |
| 31% | PAULMAURICE | 11 | Florida Panthers head coach who led the team to the Stanley Cup Final in both of his first two seasons (2 wds.) |
| 31% | TYLER | 5 | With 32-Across, entertainment mogul who partnered with Oprah to bring his series "The Haves and the Have Nots" to OWN in 2013 |
| 30% | BLOOM | 5 | Orlando ___, "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor who skydived in a wingsuit for his show "To the Edge" |
| 30% | CHRISPRATT | 10 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" actor who once lived in a van: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ONLYINAMERICA | 13 | His reaction to the election of a Jewish mayor in Dublin |
| 29% | YOYO | 4 | Ma who once left a $2.5 million cello in the trunk of a taxi |
| 29% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who once was in a relationship with J.Lo: Hyph. |
| 29% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ Faulkner, author of "The Sound and the Fury" who once wrote the entire outline to a novel on his office walls |
| 29% | DOCBROWN | 8 | Owner of a DeLorean in Back to the Future |
| 29% | MARINER | 7 | Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| 29% | PIERCEDEAR | 10 | A hole in the head? |
| 28% | CASEY | 5 | Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 28% | HOWIE | 5 | ___ Dorough, member of the group "Backstreet Boys" who released a solo album "Back to Me" in 2011 |
| 28% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who hit a record 25 grand slams in his career: Hyph. |
| 28% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, actor who plays head of MI6 in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 28% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |
| 28% | AIELLO | 6 | Danny who played the owner of a pizza joint in a Spike Lee joint |
| 28% | DREYFUS | 7 | One of the most successful comedians, Julia Louis-___, who starred in "Seinfeld" and was once a part of SNL |
| 28% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 28% | SKI | 3 | In the movie "A View to a Kill", Bond did this once his snowmobile was blown up |
| 28% | ROB | 3 | Lowe who stars with his sons in the A&E reality series "The Lowe Files" |
| 28% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 28% | NOEL | 4 | Oasis member who once described his brother (and bandmate) as "a man with a fork in a world of soup" |
| 28% | POEHLER | 7 | One of the most successful comedians, Amy, who starred in "Parks and Recreation" and was once a member of SNL |
| 28% | EDDIE | 5 | Comedian Izzard who once described the European Union as “the cutting edge of politics, in a very extraordinarily boring way” |