| 100% | REDD | 4 | Voice-over artist ___ Pepper who made trailers for "Armageddon", "Men in Black" and "The Blair Witch Project" |
| 32% | LORENGRAY | 9 | TikTok star and singer who appeared in the video for Taylor Swift's "The Man": 2 wds. |
| 32% | LOPEZ | 5 | Jennifer ___, singer who made an appearance in the TV show "Will and Grace" as herself and performed her song "Waiting for Tonight" |
| 31% | URICH | 5 | Robert —, actor who played the title role in US television series Gavilan, The Lazarus Man and Spenser: For Hire |
| 31% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | "Bad Guy" singer who received the Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LAURYNHILL | 10 | "Everything Is Everything" singer who received the Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 1999: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NORAHJONES | 10 | "Come Away With Me" singer who received the Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DAVIDMCCORMACK | 14 | Forward for the 48-Across who scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds in the 2022 NCAA men's basketball championship game (2 wds.) |
| 30% | PAYGAP | 6 | The difference in compensation for men and women, say |
| 29% | CHRISTIANBRAUN | 14 | Shooting guard for the 48-Across who scored 12 points and had 12 rebounds in the 2022 NCAA men's basketball championship game (2 wds.) |
| 29% | GAGARIN | 7 | Yuri —, Soviet cosmonaut who made the first manned space flight in 1961 |
| 29% | ERTE | 4 | Artist who designed sets and costumes for the Ziegfeld Follies |
| 29% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 29% | GEORGESMILEY | 12 | Long-running fictional hero who made his debut in "Call for the Dead" |
| 29% | ODIN | 4 | For whom the ravens Huginn and Muninn collect intel, in legend |
| 29% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer and "The Voice" coach who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BLAKESHELTON | 12 | "God's Country" singer and "The Voice" coach who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 29% | GRAMMYS | 7 | Awards for the Black Keys and Gotye in 2013 |
| 29% | MOTO | 4 | Smartphone giants who made the "Razr" and was recently acquired by Lenovo, for short |
| 28% | LEWIS | 5 | Comedian Black who voices Anger in the "Inside Out" movies |
| 28% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | "Men in Black" actor who played Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in "No Country for Old Men": 3 wds. |
| 28% | RIDDLER | 7 | He asks Batman, "What's black and blue and dead all over?" in The Batman |
| 28% | BETOOROURKE | 11 | Texas congressman who made a much-watched run for the Senate in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Green, "Paper Towns" author who makes a voice cameo in the book's film adaptation |
| 28% | OTERI | 5 | Cheri who provides the voice of the Mayor in "Dog Man" |
| 28% | MORRIS | 6 | William —, artist and writer who founded the Kelmscott Press in 1891 |
| 28% | ALESSIA | 7 | Cara who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2018 |
| 28% | LYNNE | 5 | Shelby who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2001 |
| 28% | BETTE | 5 | Midler who received the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1974 |
| 28% | ACROBATS | 8 | Those who flip and fly in the air for circus show |