| 100% | MICHAELBENNETT | 14 | Thriller series, cowritten by 16-Across, about a Big Apple detective raising 10 adopted kids: 2 wds. |
| 57% | NYPDRED | 7 | Crime fiction series, cowritten by 16-Across, about a Big Apple investigative task force: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DANIELX | 7 | Sci-fi series, cowritten by 16-Across, whose title hero is an alien teenage boy: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEWATCHER | 10 | Netflix mystery thriller about a married couple harassed by a stalker: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEHOUSEMAID | 12 | 2022 thriller by 32-Across about a woman working as a cleaner for a rich family (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SMELLYCAT | 9 | Song about a stinky feline, sung by Phoebe Buffay: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NEWAMSTERDAM | 12 | Ryan Eggold stars in this NBC medical drama set in a Big Apple hospital: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NYNY | 4 | Abbreviation in a Big Apple mailing address (2 wds.) |
| 26% | WELCOMETO | 9 | With 51-Across, humorous podcast about a fictional small town beset by mysterious conspiracies: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEIMPOSSIBLE | 13 | 2012 film about a family separated by a tsunami, starring Ewan McGregor: 2 wds. |
| 25% | FASTBREAK | 9 | Play often run by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | DONOTDISTURB | 12 | 2021 thriller by 32-Across about a woman on the run after committing a crime (3 wds.) |
| 25% | TOMHANKS | 8 | American actor who portrayed 33a in the movie adaptations of the thriller series by 18a: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 bestseller by 18-Across about a romance between a literary agent and an editor: 2 wds. |
| 25% | FIRSTLIEWINS | 12 | 2024 thriller by 44-Across about a woman who takes on secret identities (3 wds.) |
| 25% | ANXIOUSPEOPLE | 13 | 2020 best-selling novel about a group held hostage by a bank robber: 2 wds. |
| 25% | MAXGOODWIN | 10 | Hospital medical director played by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | HOMEALONE | 9 | 1990 comedy about a kid accidentally left behind while his family went on vacation: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROBERTLANGDON | 13 | Protagonist of the thriller series written by 18a: 2 wds. |
| 25% | PRIMABALLERINA | 14 | Rank achieved by 16-Across in the 1940s: 2 wds. |
| 25% | MATCHPOINT | 10 | Scarlett Johansson starrer psychological thriller movie about a clandestine love affair, written and directed by Woody Allen: 2 wds. |
| 25% | LEROY | 5 | ___ Brown, kid detective nicknamed Encyclopedia in a book series by Donald J. Sobol |
| 25% | SILICONVALLEY | 13 | Comedy series about a high-tech start-up company: 2 wds. |
| 25% | THESEARCHER | 11 | 2020 novel by Tana French about a retired detective who begins investigating an old mystery in rural Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 24% | WONDERWHEEL | 11 | Movie about a Coney Island waitress who falls for a young lifeguard played by Justin Timberlake: 2 wds. |
| 24% | GEMINIMAN | 9 | 2019 Ang Lee film about a sniper who is targeted by a young clone of himself: 2 wds. |
| 24% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 24% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 24% | FOREVERYOUNG | 12 | Memoir by 35-Across about her time as a child star in Hollywood (2 wds.) |