| 100% | THEDOCTOR | 9 | Time Lord whose 11th incarnation was played by 15-Across on a long-running BBC sci-fi series: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC sci-fi series in which 31-Across plays the 10th and 14th incarnations of the title character: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALFIESOLOMONS | 13 | "Peaky Blinders" character, played by Tom Hardy, who ran a distillery and was seen on the show from season 2 till 4: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | Sci-fi series in which 23-Across played Time Lord companion Amy Pond: 2 wds. |
| 32% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DANIELX | 7 | Sci-fi series, cowritten by 16-Across, whose title hero is an alien teenage boy: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | American dystopian sci-fi TV series starring Joel Kinnaman which is based on a novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | KELLYBUNDY | 10 | Ditzy character played by 15-/50-Across on "Married... with Children": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SARAHCONNOR | 11 | Action hero played by 48-Across in a film series that began with 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Sleuthing mystery writer played by Nathan Fillion on a current TV series: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | Presidential candidate who has been played by 17-Across on "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| 29% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC show in which a Time Lord travels by TARDIS: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |
| 28% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | "That '70s Show" actor who has been played by 17-Across on "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| 28% | BUFFYSUMMERS | 12 | Title vampire slayer played by Sarah Michelle Gellar on a series that debuted 25 years ago this year (2 wds.) |
| 28% | KILLINGEVE | 10 | BBC America drama whose title role is an MI5 agent played by Sandra Oh: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEDARKCRYSTAL | 14 | 1982 fantasy film, directed by 15-Across, with a 2019 prequel series on Netflix: 3 wds. |
| 28% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | Long-running British sci-fi series: 2 wds. |
| 28% | FRANFINE | 8 | Title character of 15-Across, whose first name is shared by actress Drescher who plays her: 2 wds. |
| 27% | RUSSIANDOLL | 11 | Emmy-nominated Netflix series starring 15-Across as a software engineer named Nadia who is caught in a time loop (2 wds.) |
| 27% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 27% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC sci-fi series that debuted in 1963: 2 wds. |
| 27% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in "Seinfeld", who is 32-Across's neighbor and is often called a "hipster doofus": 2 wds. |
| 27% | HARRYCALLAHAN | 13 | Police inspector played by 15-Across in "Sudden Impact": 2 wds. |
| 27% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | Longest running sci-fi show on BBC |
| 27% | THEHUNGERGAMES | 14 | Dystopian sci-fi adventure film series starring Jennifer Lawrence which has been adapted from a trilogy by Suzanne Collins: 3 wds. |
| 27% | INSIDESTUFF | 11 | Familiar name of a long-running NBA series honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 27% | CRIMINALMINDS | 13 | Long-running CBS FBI drama whose series finale will air February 19, 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SHARONTATE | 10 | Actress played by 42-Across in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2 wds.) |