| 100% | CHANTAL | 7 | With 15-Across, director whose 1975 film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, was named the best film of all time in a recent Sight & Sound poll |
| 31% | AKERMAN | 7 | “Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” director Chantal |
| 31% | THECFL | 6 | In 2006, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie was named the best player of all time in this league |
| 30% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 29% | BACH | 4 | Who was voted the "Greatest Composer of All Time," in a 2019 BBC poll |
| 29% | JEANNEDIELMAN | 13 | Film voted the greatest of all time in a prominent 2022 critics’ poll, familiarly |
| 27% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 25% | ROBERTALTMAN | 12 | Five-time Best Director nominee who said "All of the best things in my films are mistakes" |
| 25% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner whose name rhymes with a Coen brothers film set in the Midwest |
| 25% | CRIMESCENE | 10 | "CSI: ___," with 31-Across, the name of a TV show Liev Schreiber - whose birthday it is today - guest starred in as Michael Keppler: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose "Back in Black" is the second-best-selling album of all time |
| 25% | BEN | 3 | Actor Gazzara who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1975 film |
| 24% | ITS | 3 | "___ a Wonderful Life," a 1946 comedy-drama film which is considered one of the greatest films of all time |
| 24% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |
| 24% | THEGOODTHEBAD | 13 | "___ and the Ugly," a 1996 film starring Clint Eastwood which is considered the greatest Western of all time: 4 wds. |
| 24% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 35-Across, subtitle of 15-Across that is also the title of a 2017 romance film: 3 wds. |
| 23% | JETT | 4 | Rocker Joan who was named the best female guitar player of all time by the Gibson guitar company |
| 23% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 23% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "Saving All My Love for You" singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose last name is a city in Texas (2 wds.) |
| 23% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 23% | AVATAR | 6 | James Cameron's science fiction film set in Pandora which is the highest-grossing movie of all time |
| 23% | GUNSNROSES | 10 | Band whose "Appetite for Destruction" was the best-selling debut album of all time |
| 22% | CARLYRAE | 8 | With 15-Across, artist whose album The Loveliest Time was released today |
| 22% | WILLIE | 6 | With 39-Across, singer whose "A Beautiful Time" won the Grammy for Best Country Album in 2023 |
| 22% | JURASSICWORLD | 13 | 2015 sci-fi adventure film about a theme park of cloned dinosaurs, that is the fifth highest-grossing film of all time: 2 wds. |
| 22% | MACH | 4 | Physicist Ernst whose name is associated with the speed of sound |
| 22% | REYMYSTERIO | 11 | WWE wrestler whose real name is Oscar Gutierrez and regarded as the greatest cruiserweight wrestler of all time: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ORSON | 5 | With 17-Down, director whose "The Other Side of the Wind" was released in 2018, 33 years after his death |
| 22% | PRYOR | 5 | Richard who in 2017 was named Best Stand-Up Comic of All Time by Rolling Stone |
| 22% | CYNDI | 5 | First name of the well-known singer who was musical director for the film "The Goonies" |