| 100% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MADDENNFL | 9 | Video game franchise that featured 15-Across on the cover of the 2011 version: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SEARCHPARTY | 11 | HBO Max series that opened with the main characters investigating the disappearance of a college friend: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DONEKONG | 8 | 1981 video game that featured the first appearance of Mario |
| 37% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 37% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KONG | 4 | "Donkey ___," video game franchise featuring a giant gorilla that took over cereal boxes in the '80s |
| 36% | MARIO | 5 | First video game character to be honored with a figure in the Hollywood Wax Museum |
| 36% | GREGHEFFLEY | 11 | Main character of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CINDYCRAWFORD | 13 | Supermodel with a trademark mole above her lip and a line of exercise videos that begin with her name: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MARIOBROS | 9 | Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 35% | ROCK | 4 | "Robot ___," 2005 song by Daft Punk with a sci-fi themed music video, that features a sample of "Release the Beast" by Breakwater |
| 34% | YOUMIGHTTHINK | 13 | The Cars Top 10 hit whose video features 44-Across as a housefly (and was the first to win the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year) (3 wds.) |
| 34% | PETERGRIFFIN | 12 | The main character and father of the family in the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ADOREYOU | 8 | 2019 Harry Styles hit with a video set on the fictional isle of Eroda: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LAIR | 4 | Dragon's ___, '80s video game with a knight as the protagonist that is seen in "Stranger Things" |
| 34% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | 1995 American fantasy action film based on the video game of the same name, with characters like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage: 2 wds. |
| 33% | FORMULAONE | 10 | A sport that is the highest class of single seat auto racing, with former racers such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher: 2 wds |
| 33% | DJHERO | 6 | Music video game with a turntable controller (2 wds.) |
| 33% | AUGMENTED | 9 | With 50-Across, category of games that provide a layer on top of the physical world |
| 33% | MARIO | 5 | Main character in the best-selling video game franchise of all time |
| 33% | ELLERYQUEEN | 11 | Classic detective fiction pseudonym with a namesake literary award that contains the name of a chess piece (2 wds.) |
| 33% | KONG | 4 | Donkey ___, series of video games first released in 1981 and which has a gorilla character |
| 33% | ELASTICHEART | 12 | 2015 Sia song with a video featuring Shia LaBeouf: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MSPACMAN | 8 | 1980s arcade game featuring a yellow character with a bow: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MYST | 4 | Video game franchise with the main character Atrus |
| 32% | NAUGHTYDOG | 10 | Video game company that created the "Uncharted" action-adventure game series, which has been adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas, 31-Across, and 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | QBERT | 5 | Video game with a cube-hopping character |
| 32% | CARMENSANDIEGO | 14 | Netflix animated adventure series featuring the voice of 49-Across as the title character (2 wds.) |