| 100% | SONNY | 5 | The bird who's "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!" |
| 58% | GAGA | 4 | Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, say |
| 50% | COCO | 4 | Monkey who was the mascot for Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies |
| 46% | ROAD | 4 | ___ runner, "Looney Tunes" bird who inspired the name for a spider species |
| 43% | ROCKOPERA | 9 | The Who’s “Tommy,” for one |
| 43% | OPERA | 5 | The Who's "Tommy," for one |
| 43% | ICAN | 4 | The Who's "___ See for Miles" |
| 43% | ROCKOPERA | 9 | The Who’s “Tommy,” for example |
| 42% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor for whom the S.I. unit of magnetic-flux density is named |
| 42% | ICAN | 4 | The Who's "___ See for Miles" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ICAN | 4 | The Who's "___ See for Miles": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SEE | 3 | The Who's "I Can ___ for Miles" |
| 41% | SUE | 3 | Bird who's the only player to win WNBA titles in three different decades |
| 41% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's the mascot for Tootsie Pops |
| 41% | LOUISEFLETCHER | 14 | Actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for playing 46-Across in the 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | Actor who won three Oscars, for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Terms of Endearment," and "As Good as It Gets": 2 wds. |
| 40% | COCOAPUFFS | 10 | *Cereal that Sonny the Cuckoo Bird is "cuckoo for" |
| 40% | ANNE | 4 | Carson who won the 2001 T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry |
| 40% | DYLAN | 5 | Jakob who's the lead singer for the Wallflowers |
| 40% | KEANU | 5 | Reeves who's the bassist for the band Dogstar |
| 40% | MILER | 5 | One who's in it for the long run |
| 40% | ABE | 3 | Lincoln who's depicted on the penny, for short |
| 40% | LANE | 4 | Lois who's a reporter for the Daily Planet |
| 40% | LOCAL | 5 | One who's likely rooting for the home team |
| 40% | LIFER | 5 | One who's in it for the long haul |
| 40% | KENT | 4 | Clark who's a reporter for the Daily Planet |
| 40% | MARATHONER | 10 | Person who's in it for the long run? |
| 40% | YOU | 3 | Whom Uncle Sam wants for the U.S. Army |
| 40% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" director who was the fifth woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GRETAGARBO | 10 | Actress who's the inspiration for this puzzle's theme? |