| 100% | COWBOY | 6 | With 1-Down, 2024 album in which Beyoncé is "reinventing American music in her own image," per Rolling Stone |
| 30% | WOMAN | 5 | "God Is a ___," hit song by Ariana Grande from her album "Sweetener" which features a monologue by Madonna in the music video |
| 27% | ACEYDEUCY | 9 | Backgammon variant in which rolling a 1-2 is beneficial |
| 27% | COWBOY | 6 | With 5-Down, 2024 Beyoncé album whose cover depicts her on a horse |
| 27% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | "___ Live," American late-night TV variety show with comedy sketches which is ranked 8th on Rolling Stone's 2016 list of "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time": 2 wds. |
| 26% | THE | 3 | With 17-Down, org. in which traveling is illegal |
| 26% | BEYONCE | 7 | American singer with 22 Grammy Awards famous for her album "Dangerously in Love" |
| 25% | TOW | 3 | With 2-Down, type of zone in which parking is restricted |
| 25% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROAN | 4 | Singer Chappell who was deemed a “pop supernova” in a Rolling Stone cover article (September, 2024) |
| 25% | SLEEP | 5 | "We All ___ Alone," 1988 song by Cher which was released in her self-titled eighteenth album |
| 25% | PEACH | 5 | Popular stone fruit which is the main ingredient in cobbler, and is packed with 88% water |
| 25% | TURKEYTROT | 10 | Dance to ragtime music in which birdlike movements are made with the shoulders and upper body |
| 25% | LOVE | 4 | "___ Is Strong," first single by The Rolling Stones which is a part of their 1994 album "Voodoo Lounge" |
| 25% | EMILYDICKINSON | 14 | American poet whose poems are considered unique in her era, most of which got published after her death: 2 wds. |
| 24% | STEP | 4 | "15 ___," the opening track from Radiohead's album in 18a, which was recorded with the help of a group of children |
| 24% | WITHOUT | 7 | "___ Me," song by Halsey from her album "Manic" which won the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock song |
| 24% | SHIRLEY | 7 | With 1 Down, first Black woman in congress |
| 24% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Game in which I is 1 |
| 24% | DUTCH | 5 | With 57-Down, meal for which everyone pays his or her own way |
| 24% | STEEL | 5 | "___ Wheels," 1989 studio album by The Rolling Stones which was also the final album the band recorded for Columbia Records |
| 24% | DIANA | 5 | Ross who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Music Awards, which were hosted by her daughter Tracee Ellis Ross |
| 24% | RISK | 4 | Game in which armies are controlled with dice |
| 24% | SAGITTARIUS | 11 | Beyonce was in love with one |
| 23% | CRIBBAGE | 8 | Card game in which score is kept with pegs |
| 23% | FLOODING | 8 | A situation in which areas are covered with water |
| 23% | TEXASHOLDEM | 11 | Beyoncé No. 1 hit single from her 2024 album "Act II: Cowboy Carter" (3 wds.) |
| 23% | TAJ | 3 | With 4-Down, mausoleum in India for which an Atlantic City casino was named |
| 23% | STEAMER | 7 | A container in which food is cooked with hot mist |
| 23% | DECANTER | 8 | Glass bottle with a stopper in which wine is kept |