| 100% | MAYTHE{FOUR}TH | 14 | With 16 Across, salutation on Star Wars Day |
| 41% | REVENGEOF | 9 | With 15 Across, what today marks for some Star Wars aficionados |
| 41% | TERRENCE | 8 | With 16-Across, portrayer of Lucious Lyon on "Empire" |
| 41% | HOUSE | 5 | With 16-Across, Netflix original series starring Kevin Spacey |
| 40% | MAY | 3 | Star Wars Day month |
| 39% | BOB | 3 | With 16-Across, actor who played 36-Across on 41-/54-Across |
| 38% | TOGO | 4 | With 16 Across, drive-thru transaction |
| 38% | CHAIM | 5 | With 47-Across, "Fiddler on the Roof" star |
| 38% | FESTIVAL | 8 | With 16 Across, another name for Hanukkah |
| 38% | JULIE | 5 | With 16 Across, Downtown ___ (former MTV personality) |
| 37% | ARMY | 4 | With 40-Across, visitor on high-school career day |
| 37% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 37% | ROCKIN | 6 | With 16 Across, "___ the Christmas Tree" (Brenda Lee) |
| 37% | BORIS | 5 | With 16 Across, political resignee of July 2022 |
| 37% | DONTWORRY | 9 | With 16 Across, 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde |
| 36% | LEO | 3 | With 16-Across, "War and Peace" writer |
| 36% | KELLIEPICKLER | 13 | "Best Days of Your Life" singer who won "Dancing with the Stars" season 16 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 36% | KELLIEPICKLER | 13 | "Best Days of Your Life" singer who won Season 16 of "Dancing With the Stars" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CAPRICORN | 9 | Star sign of someone born on Christmas Day |
| 34% | MARIOLOPEZ | 10 | 16-Across and 34-Across star who turned 50 on October 10, 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | With 39-Across, "Snowpiercer" actor who starred as John Merrick in 16-Across |
| 34% | CHERI | 5 | With 16 Down, a rhyming Saturday Night Live star |
| 34% | OBI | 3 | With 13-Across, Kenobi of "Star Wars" |
| 34% | ROGUEONE | 8 | __ A Star Wars Story, with Galen Erso |
| 34% | NOVEMBER | 8 | With 47 Across, Veterans Day |
| 34% | HUNT | 4 | With 14 Across, "Twister" star |
| 34% | COLIN | 5 | With 40-Across, "Orange County" star who played a cop on FX's "Fargo" |
| 33% | JARJAR | 6 | __ Binks, Star Wars alien with a funny voice |
| 33% | POLKA | 5 | With 11 Across, design on some dresses |