| 100% | RICHARDPRYOR | 12 | Stand-up comic who often eamined racism and ranked #1 of all time by comedy central |
| 35% | PRYOR | 5 | Richard who in 2017 was named Best Stand-Up Comic of All Time by Rolling Stone |
| 34% | PRYOR | 5 | No. 1 on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians |
| 31% | DENIS | 5 | Stand-up comic and voice of Diego in Ice Age (with 1 across) |
| 28% | TRACY | 5 | Stand up comic Morgan of "30 Rock" or singer Chapman of "Fast Car" who share the same name |
| 26% | HONEYMOON | 9 | "The ___ Stand Up Special: Collection," stand-up comedy show hosted by Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero |
| 24% | DAMON | 5 | Stand-up comic and co-creator of "In living color" with his brother Keenen Wayans |
| 24% | BREUER | 6 | Jim __, stand up comic in Half Baked and SNL |
| 24% | PITSAW | 6 | Cutting tool handled by two people, one of whom is often standing in a hole in the ground |
| 24% | JOHNMULANEY | 11 | Stand-up comic and former "SNL" writer who first returned to host in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 24% | REACH | 5 | Appropriately named Boxer Julius Long, who stands 7 ft 1 in and has a 90 in one of these |
| 24% | BESTEVER | 8 | #1 of all time: Hyph. |
| 23% | THEWIRE | 7 | TV series named second-best of all time by Rolling Stone, but which never won an Emmy |
| 23% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, Irish stand-up comedian and actor who authored novel The Talk of the Town |
| 23% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, stand-up comedian and actor who authored 1998 novel The Talk of the Town |
| 23% | VINCE | 5 | With 19a, Sacramento Kings player who had a pre-game ritual of pulling himself up by the net and kissing the rim |
| 22% | IWENTTOABOOKSTOREANDI | 21 | Start of a quip by stand-up comic Brian Kiley |
| 22% | POUNDSTONE | 10 | Ezra and Irving's memoir of a stand-up comic? |
| 22% | JOEY | 4 | ___ Votto, six-time MLB All-Star who hung up his glove and retired in 2024 |
| 22% | IAMMALALA | 9 | Autobiography subtitled "The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban" |
| 22% | JAMESTAYLOR | 11 | Singer/songwriter who appeared on the March 1, 1971, cover of Time Magazine with the headline "The New Rock: Bittersweet and Low" (2 wds.) |
| 22% | BARR | 4 | Comic who was the 2012 presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party |
| 22% | MANHATTAN | 9 | Location of Times Square and Central Park |
| 22% | CHESS | 5 | Best-selling board game of all time, ahead of Checkers (#2), Backgammon (#3) and Monopoly (#4) |
| 22% | EMO | 3 | Stand up comedian Philips, notable for his falsetto voice and the use of paraprosdokians |
| 22% | BENEKING | 8 | US singer and composer of Stand by Me |
| 22% | HASBEENCOLORADO | 15 | City of folks who are all washed up? |
| 22% | RAITT | 5 | #50 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" and #89 on "100 Greatest Guitarists" |
| 22% | DWYANEWADE | 10 | 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who led the Miami Heat to three NBA championships and who was an NBA All-Star 13 times (2 wds.) |
| 22% | WANDAS | 6 | Stand-up comic Sykes and others |