| 100% | GILMOREGIRLS | 12 | TV comedy-drama with Luke's Diner, where many mother-daughter heart-to-hearts take place (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GREYSANATOMY | 12 | TV drama with Joe's Bar, where doctors and nurses unwind after work (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | TV drama with Bellefleur's Bar and Grill, where vampires and locals mingle (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WARZONE | 7 | Where combat takes place: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BEDFORDFALLS | 12 | Fictional town where "It's a Wonderful Life" takes place (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TOWNHALL | 8 | Building where municipal business takes place: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CHICAGOPD | 9 | TV cop drama with "Med" and "Fire" cousins: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 32% | THOUGHTYOU | 10 | With 34-Across, 2022 Morgan Wallen hit that's a tribute to his mother: 2 wds. |
| 32% | NONNATUSHOUSE | 13 | Convent in London's East End where much of 32-Across takes place (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THREEPINES | 10 | Fictional Quebec village where Louise Penny's 33-Across novels take place (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ONENO | 5 | Paul Kingsnorth's "___, Many Yeses: A Journey to the Heart of the Global Resistance Movement": 2 wds. |
| 31% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | TV drama with the Double R Diner, which serves cherry pie and "a damn fine cup of coffee" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | Winner of the most recent People's Choice Award for Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor (for "Castle"): 2 wds. |
| 30% | CABLEBOX | 8 | Device hooked to a TV to access more channels: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PAINHUSTLERS | 12 | 2023 Netflix crime comedy with Catherine O'Hara as the mother of a woman marketing opioids: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BOXINGGYM | 9 | Type of place where Rocky and Creed go to practice: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Singer with seven consecutive #1 singles, from "Saving All My Love for You" to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go": 2 wds. |
| 30% | PERSONOF | 8 | With 52-Across, CBS drama starring Jim Caviezel as a former CIA agent hired to prevent crimes: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BELAIR | 6 | Ritzy LA neighborhood where Will Smith went to live, on TV: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LOGANLUCKY | 10 | 2017 comedy starring Channing Tatum (birthday today), where a family plan to rob a Motor Speedway: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALOT | 4 | "That's ___ to take in": 2 wds. |
| 29% | GILMOREGIRLS | 12 | Quirky 2000-2007 drama about a mother and daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TONIBRAXTON | 11 | "Un-Break My Heart" singer whose obsession with home decor led to unmanageable debt: 2 wds. |
| 29% | INASHOE | 7 | Where an old woman with too many children lived, according to the nursery rhyme: 3 wds. |
| 29% | HOMEALONE | 9 | 1990 John Hughes comedy that takes place during the days before Christmas: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEMUSEUM | 9 | "Night at ___," trilogy of comedy films starring Ben Stiller, where characters come to life in the night: 2 wds. |
| 29% | STEPHENKING | 11 | American author described as the "King of Horror" with the most number of book to film adaptations: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALOT | 4 | "That's ___ to take!": 2 wds. |
| 29% | BLACKPANTHER | 12 | 2018 Marvel movie with Martin Freeman as a CIA agent taken to Wakanda: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BOSTONLEGAL | 11 | 2004-2008 comedy-drama with James Spader: 2 wds. |