| 100% | TONYDANZA | 9 | Star from Taxi and Who's the Boss? |
| 65% | TONY | 4 | "Taxi" and "Who's the Boss?" star Danza |
| 51% | DANZA | 5 | Actor Tony of "Taxi" and "Who's the Boss?" |
| 51% | HAKEEMOLAJUWON | 14 | NBA star from Nigeria who was the NBA finals MVP in 1994 and 1995 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ALYSSA | 6 | Milano of "Who's the Boss?" and "Charmed" |
| 46% | DANZA | 5 | Tony of “Taxi” and “Who’s the Boss?” |
| 45% | UPENDING | 8 | Toppling over, and what's missing from the starred answers |
| 44% | DANZA | 5 | "Who's the Boss?" co-star |
| 44% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Pop group who starred in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! |
| 43% | THEWHO | 6 | Rock opera pioneers, and what's missing from the starred answers |
| 43% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 42% | BLOOM | 5 | Rachel ___, actress who created and starred in The CW's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" as Rebecca Bunch |
| 42% | SKYWALKER | 9 | The last name of Luke and Anakin from Star Wars |
| 42% | MAO | 3 | Who said "Learn from the masses, and then teach them" |
| 42% | MAYNARD | 7 | Bill —, actor-comedian who starred in ITV sitcoms Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! and The Gaffer |
| 42% | FESSPARKER | 10 | Actor who starred in the title roles of TV's "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROMEO | 5 | ___ and Juliet, star-crossed lovers from the eponymous Shakespearean tragedy |
| 41% | HAN | 3 | ___ Solo and Chewbacca, friends from the "Star Wars" franchise who are played by Harrison Ford and Peter Mayhew |
| 41% | ABRIDGED | 8 | Shortened, and the letters missing from the starred answers |
| 41% | GRACEPALEY | 10 | Author and activist who wrote, “It is the poet’s responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless” |
| 41% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who starred in Top Gun and The Doors |
| 41% | QUINTABRUNSON | 13 | "Abbott Elementary" creator and star who was one of Glamour's 2023 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FIFTH | 5 | What's taken in some court proceedings, and also (in two ways) from the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | PAUL | 4 | Muscular actor and WWE's Triple H, ___ Levesque who has starred in the film " The Chaperone" |
| 41% | PETERARNO | 9 | The New Yorker cartoonist who contributed 99 covers from 1925-69 and was once described as "the magazine's first genius" |
| 41% | TENORS | 6 | Choir section ... and what are missing from the starred clues |
| 41% | MASTERPIECES | 12 | Artistic triumphs, and what the starred answers are created from |
| 41% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | "SNL" alum who stars in NBC's "Parks and Recreation" and cohosted the Golden Globes in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OLSEN | 5 | Mary-Kate and Ashley ___, twin sisters who starred in the Christmas themed film "To Grandmother's House We Go" |
| 41% | ALANALDA | 8 | Hawkeye Pierce portrayer who wrote, directed, and starred in the final episode of "M*A*S*H" (2 wds.) |