| 100% | ISSA | 4 | With 12-Across, winner of an NAACP Image Award for "Insecure" |
| 47% | ICET | 4 | NAACP Image Award winner for "Law & Order: SVU" (Hyph.) |
| 45% | ATIMETOKILL | 11 | 1996 crime drama for which 34-Across was honored with an NAACP Image Award (4 wds.) |
| 45% | COACHCARTER | 11 | 2005 sports drama for which 34-Across was honored with an NAACP Image Award (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WILLSMITH | 9 | "Ali" actor who won the NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year in 1999: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | "Ray" actor who won the NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DWAYNEJOHNSON | 13 | "Hobbs & Shaw" actor who won the NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BEYONCE | 7 | NAACP Image Award winner for "Spirit" who was the halftime headliner at the Super Bowl in 2013 |
| 41% | ISSA | 4 | Actress Rae who won a 2022 NAACP Image Award for her performance on “Insecure” |
| 40% | AVA | 3 | NAACP Image Award winner DuVernay |
| 40% | ALI | 3 | 2001 biopic that won an NAACP Image Award |
| 40% | AJA | 3 | NAACP Image Award winner ___ Naomi King |
| 40% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 39% | BOOT | 4 | With 12 Across, place for basic training |
| 39% | HOT | 3 | With 12 Across, another name for 22 Across |
| 39% | OMAR | 4 | 2013 NAACP Image Award winner Epps |
| 39% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | 19-Across and 33-Across actor who won a 2015 NAACP Image Award for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ISSA | 4 | Rae who won NAACP Image Awards in 2022 for both acting in and writing "Insecure" |
| 38% | NIA | 3 | Long nominated for NAACP Image Awards for her roles in House of Lies and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
| 38% | NIA | 3 | Actress Long who won two NAACP Image Awards for "Third Watch" |
| 38% | NIA | 3 | Three-time NAACP Image Award winner Long |
| 38% | TIA | 3 | Five-time NAACP Image Award winner Mowry |
| 38% | NOBELIST | 8 | Winner of an international award presented in Stockholm or Oslo |
| 38% | TIMEHEALS | 9 | With 12 Across, maxim stressing the natural resolution of problems |
| 37% | BARACK | 6 | With 9 Across, winner of 2008 |
| 37% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | She won the 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress for "Us": 2 wds. |
| 37% | DARK | 4 | With 12 Across, period that followed the fall of the Roman Empire |
| 36% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | He won the 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor for "Just Mercy": 3 wds. |