| 100% | REECE | 5 | Volleyball player Gabrielle who makes an appearance in "Air Bud: Spikes Back" |
| 41% | ELSA | 4 | Ice queen who makes an appearance in "Ralph Breaks the Internet" |
| 39% | SWIFT | 5 | Taylor ___, singer who made an appearance in "Hannah Montana: The Movie" as herself and performed her song "Crazier" |
| 38% | SHEERAN | 7 | Ed ___, singer who made an appearance in the Netflix movie "Red Notice" as himself and performed his song "Perfect" |
| 38% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who made an appearance in the TV show "Ugly Betty" as herself and performed her song "Right as Rain" |
| 37% | MILEY | 5 | ___ Cyrus, singer who made an appearance in the TV show "The Night Before" as herself and performed her song "Wrecking Ball" |
| 37% | LOPEZ | 5 | Jennifer ___, singer who made an appearance in the TV show "Will and Grace" as herself and performed her song "Waiting for Tonight" |
| 35% | ONSCREEN | 8 | Making an appearance in Hollywood, say |
| 33% | ROGER | 5 | Ebert who made an appearance on The Critic |
| 31% | ZOOMBOMB | 8 | Make an unwanted appearance in a video call |
| 31% | GAND | 4 | Ammonia-breathing insectoid species who first made an appearance in a 1980 "Star Wars" movie |
| 31% | GRAN | 4 | Goat-faced sentient humanoids who first made an appearance in a 1977 "Star Wars" movie |
| 31% | LAST | 4 | "___ Week Tonight," late-night talk show on which Stephen Hawking made an appearance in 2014 |
| 30% | SETTER | 6 | Volleyball player who positions the ball for a spike |
| 30% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 29% | DEBUTANT | 8 | One making an initial appearance, i.e. in society |
| 29% | JOHN | 4 | Senator ___ McCain, who made a cameo appearance in "Wedding Crashers" |
| 29% | DUG | 3 | Sentient species from the planet Malastare who first made an appearance in a 1999 "Star Wars" movie |
| 29% | BEATLES | 7 | Players who made a historic touchdown in 1964 |
| 29% | SPAWN | 5 | Todd McFarlane creation that makes an appearance as a guest character in Mortal Kombat 11 |
| 28% | NAIR | 4 | K K —, India Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 303 against England in Chennai in 2016 |
| 28% | VENGSARKAR | 10 | D B —, India Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 164 against Australia in Mumbai in 1986 |
| 28% | FASHIONABLYLATE | 15 | Making an appearance after the party starts, or a description of the shifted articles of clothing in this puzzle |
| 28% | LOCKSMITH | 9 | Someone who is an expert in making keys |
| 28% | INSOLE | 6 | D J —, England Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 110 against South Africa in Durban in 1957 |
| 28% | HODGE | 5 | B J —, Australia Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 203 against South Africa in Perth in 2005 |
| 28% | GABRIELLEREECE | 14 | Pro beach volleyball player who posed nude for Playboy in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KLEIN | 5 | The Calvin who made a cameo appearance for "30 Rock" in March 2009 |
| 28% | STANLEE | 7 | Comic book legend who made cameo appearances in many Marvel films |