| 100% | INSECURE | 8 | Unconfident, or the title of an HBO series starring Issa Rae |
| 45% | INSECURE | 8 | Self-doubting title of Issa Rae's five-season HBO series |
| 43% | INSECURE | 8 | HBO sitcom (starring Issa Rae) whose title is an adjective |
| 40% | JONATHAN | 8 | & 4D BBC TV comedy-drama series starring Alan Davies in the title role as an inventor of magical tricks and investigator of mysteries |
| 39% | GAMESEVEN | 9 | Playoff series finale ... or an apt title for this puzzle considering the number and length of its theme entries |
| 39% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 37% | INSECURE | 8 | TV series starring Issa Rae and Jay Ellis that is partially based on the YouTube web series "Awkward Black Girl" |
| 37% | NOAHWYLE | 8 | Star of the HBO Max series "The Pitt": 2 wds. |
| 35% | HUMPDAY | 7 | Middle of the week ... or an appropriate title for this puzzle |
| 35% | RAE | 3 | Issa ___ of the HBO series "Insecure" |
| 35% | RNS | 3 | Hosp. staffers, or an initial feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | SABRINATHE | 10 | & 6A US television series starring Melissa Joan Hart in the title role based on an Archie Comics title |
| 34% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | AMARILLO | 8 | City that's the title of an Emmylou Harris song |
| 34% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Dark-feathered flyer, or the title of a Beatles song |
| 34% | ROOM | 4 | Chamber, or the title of a 2015 Brie Larson film |
| 34% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 34% | INSECURE | 8 | Issa Rae HBO series |
| 33% | BARRACUDA | 9 | Fish with sharp teeth, or the title of a Heart song |
| 33% | TENET | 5 | Guiding belief, or the title of a John David Washington movie |
| 33% | OBJECTS | 7 | 2018 HBO series "Sharp ___" which stars Amy Adams and is based on Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name |
| 33% | STAN | 4 | Word meaning "superfan" that comes from the title of an Eminem song |
| 33% | RENAMED | 7 | Changed the title of a document or file |
| 33% | TIMESHARE | 9 | Vacation lodging purchase ... or an arrangement between the two halves of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 32% | ALICE | 5 | Woman in the title of an eighteen-minute protest anthem by Arlo Guthrie |
| 32% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | Bunny from Wonderland, or the title of a Jefferson Airplane song: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | Spiny crustacean, or the title of a B-52's song: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BARRY | 5 | HBO series starring Bill Hader as an assassin and acting student |
| 32% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 32% | EMIR | 4 | Title of the Qatari or Kuwaiti monarch |