| 100% | TIM | 3 | Whom Danny has written the most scores for |
| 49% | HANS | 4 | Zimmer who wrote the musical score for "The Lion King" |
| 46% | AIMEE | 5 | Mann who wrote most of the songs for the movie "Magnolia" |
| 44% | ELFMAN | 6 | Composer Danny who wrote the theme music for "The Simpsons" |
| 44% | ENO | 3 | Brian who wrote the score for "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" |
| 43% | RICE | 4 | Jerry ___, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for most points scored in a career |
| 41% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MIAHAMM | 7 | American former soccer player who held the record for most international goals scored by a woman or man until 2013: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey, American media personality who has written the book "What I Know For Sure" |
| 39% | POE | 3 | Who wrote of "sorrow for the lost Lenore" |
| 39% | SHANGE | 6 | Ntozake who wrote "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf" |
| 39% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | Composer who has worked with Spielberg on many films like "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," and is also the composer for 33a: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JESSEEISENBERG | 14 | Oscar-nominated actor who has written several humor pieces for The New Yorker |
| 39% | 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.) |
| 39% | NOONE | 5 | Who has more #1 Billboard hits than the Beatles |
| 39% | ETS | 3 | Many figures in the "Doctor Who" universe, for short |
| 39% | BELLYDANCER | 11 | Performer who has the stomach for it |
| 38% | ALS | 3 | Hilton who writes for The New Yorker |
| 38% | 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.) |
| 38% | ENHARMONIC | 10 | Having the same pitch but written differently, in a score |
| 38% | CEMENTMASON | 11 | One who has concrete plans for the day? |
| 38% | MIA | 3 | Athlete Hamm who wrote "Go for the Goal" |
| 38% | JELANI | 6 | Historian Cobb who writes for The New Yorker |
| 38% | CARTLAND | 8 | English author Barbara, who wrote "The Wicked Marquis", and is referenced in the Guinness World Records for most novels published in a year |
| 38% | NOONE | 5 | Who has been nominated for more acting Oscars than Meryl Streep |
| 37% | AINGE | 5 | All-Star Danny who played for the 1980s Celtics |
| 37% | ELAINE | 6 | "Seinfeld" character who wrote for the J. Peterman catalog |
| 37% | CLARE | 5 | 50-Across character who writes for the school paper |
| 37% | HAMM | 4 | Soccer star Mia who wrote "Go for the Goal" |
| 37% | ABBIE | 5 | Hoffman who wrote "Revolution for the Hell of It" |