| 100% | TIM | 3 | With 13-Across, "Pulp Fiction" actor |
| 60% | SEENO | 5 | With 13 Across, monkey message |
| 60% | RHAMES | 6 | Ving __, Mission Impossible, Pulp Fiction actor |
| 59% | SALLY | 5 | With 13 Across, "Normal People" author |
| 57% | POTATO | 6 | Food that rhymes with 13 Across |
| 57% | ROTH | 4 | Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction actor Tim __ |
| 55% | HARVEY | 6 | Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs actor __ Keitel |
| 55% | GHOST | 5 | With 13 Across, chilis that are among the world's hottest |
| 54% | OMAR | 4 | With 13-Down, "The Mod Squad" actor |
| 53% | LAUGHTER | 8 | With 13 and 22 Across, "prescription" for humor |
| 51% | PER | 3 | With 13-Across, daily |
| 50% | DROPA | 5 | With 13-Across, write (to) |
| 49% | ROGER | 5 | With 27-Across, British actor known for playing 13-Across, Beau Maverick on "Maverick," and James Bond |
| 49% | INDIA | 5 | With 13-Across, "Brown Skin" singer |
| 49% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays Ray Arnold in 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 48% | GAG | 3 | With 13-Across, collection of movie outtakes |
| 48% | OBI | 3 | With 13-Across, Kenobi of "Star Wars" |
| 48% | FELIZ | 5 | With 13-Across, holiday greeting in Havana |
| 48% | ERIC | 4 | "Pulp Fiction" actor Stoltz |
| 48% | VING | 4 | "Pulp Fiction" actor Rhames |
| 47% | ANNA | 4 | With 13-Across, star of TV's "Mom" |
| 47% | IPOD | 4 | With 13-Across, discontinued small Apple music device |
| 47% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays loan shark Chili Palmer in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JUST | 4 | ''It's __ the . . . (with 13 Across) |
| 46% | CHINESE | 7 | With 13-Across, annual lunar celebration that starts today |
| 46% | SIT | 3 | With 13-Across, observe a seven-day mourning period |
| 46% | FROSTYTHE | 9 | With 13-Across, song featuring a magical silk hat |
| 46% | FANI | 4 | With 13-Across, district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia |
| 46% | SAMUEL | 6 | ___ L. Jackson, "Pulp Fiction" actor |
| 46% | TOUCH | 5 | With 28 Across, get offline ... and what 13 and 20 Across do? |