| 100% | ORIOLES | 7 | Team managed by 44-Across, whose franchise once played in 38-Across |
| 36% | HARRIETTUBMAN | 13 | Abolitionist and political activist played by 44-Across in a 2019 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TORONTORAPTORS | 14 | Team led by 18-Across and 44-Across to the franchise's first NBA championship (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | Country singer played by 44-Across in the 1980 biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 35% | QUARTERBACK | 11 | Position played by 31-Across, who threw for 38 touchdowns in 2014 |
| 34% | HEIDI | 5 | Classic children's heroine once played in film by Shirley Temple |
| 33% | FREDDIE | 7 | With 38-Across, Queen lead singer played by Rami Malek in 16-Across/50-Across |
| 33% | REDS | 4 | Baseball team that was once managed by Pete Rose |
| 33% | BLUES | 5 | Hockey team whose home games are played in St. Louis |
| 33% | BLUES | 5 | NHL team whose home games are played in St. Louis |
| 33% | JAMESBDONOVAN | 13 | American Cold War lawyer who brokered the spy swap dramatized in 44-Across, played by Tom Hanks (3 wds.) |
| 33% | WOLFGANGVOGEL | 13 | German Cold War lawyer who brokered the spy swap dramatized in 44-Across, played by Sebastian Koch (2 wds.) |
| 32% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Mafia don played by both 14-Across and 28-Across in the "Godfather" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | Game whose heroine was played by Angelina Jolie in a 2001 film |
| 32% | MICHAELMYERS | 12 | Masked slasher who has been played by 16 different actors, including James Jude Courtney in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | EMORY | 5 | University in Atlanta whose sports teams plays in the NCAA's Division III |
| 31% | LANDO | 5 | Calrissian played by Billy Dee Williams and Donald Glover in the "Star Wars" franchise |
| 31% | REY | 3 | Character played by Daisy Ridley in the "Star Wars" franchise |
| 31% | LEIA | 4 | Role played by Carrie Fisher in the “Star Wars” franchise |
| 30% | FRANCESFARMER | 13 | 1930s actress played by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEMOUSETRAP | 12 | Stage play by 44-Across that has been performed more than 28,000 times since it opened in London's West End in 1952 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | HAKEEMOLAJUWAN | 14 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #34 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CLYDEDREXLER | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #22 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MACE | 4 | Windu played by Samuel L. Jackson in a sci-fi franchise |
| 30% | NAOMIEHARRIS | 12 | She plays Eve Moneypenny in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DANIELCRAIG | 11 | He plays James Bond in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THIGHMASTER | 11 | Exercise product advertised by 44-Across in the 1990s |
| 30% | DESPICABLEME | 12 | Animated film franchise characterized by the iconic "Minions," whose third installment released in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 30% | USA | 3 | Team managed by Tommy Lasorda |
| 30% | SHARONTATE | 10 | Actress played by 42-Across in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2 wds.) |