| 100% | WONDER | 6 | With 22-Across, notable role for 11-/13-Across |
| 63% | LAUGHTER | 8 | With 13 and 22 Across, "prescription" for humor |
| 62% | NORMA | 5 | With 22-Across, title role for Sally Field |
| 56% | HOT | 3 | With 12 Across, another name for 22 Across |
| 50% | LEBRON | 6 | With 22-Across, starting forward for the 43-Across |
| 48% | MAD | 3 | With 26-Across, 2015 role for Tom Hardy |
| 47% | PRESIDENTOF | 11 | With 60-Across, 1994-99 role for 36-Across |
| 47% | FLAG | 4 | With 22-Across, common lapel attachments for presidents |
| 46% | SALLY | 5 | With 13 Across, "Normal People" author |
| 45% | ROGER | 5 | With 27-Across, British actor known for playing 13-Across, Beau Maverick on "Maverick," and James Bond |
| 45% | DIET | 4 | With 25 Across, canonical brand for a 10 Down/11 Across |
| 44% | MAIDEN | 6 | With 13-Down, disastrous event for the 63-Across |
| 44% | NATALIE | 7 | With 39-Across, "Black Swan" actress who went bald for her role in "V for Vendetta" |
| 44% | LUCIA | 5 | Notable role for Jenny Lind |
| 44% | YOUCANSAY | 9 | With 22 Across, "Hear, hear!" |
| 44% | FRIDGE | 6 | With 11 Across, modern-day slang for a smoke-free midday pick-me-up |
| 44% | MOANA | 5 | Disney movie with a starring voice role for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson |
| 44% | BATMAN | 6 | With 51-Across, roles for 17-, 38- and 62-Across |
| 44% | ALBERT | 6 | With 32-Across, actor nominated for an Academy Award for his role as reporter Aaron Altman in "Broadcast News" |
| 44% | OMEGAMAN | 8 | 1971 title role for Charlton Heston, with "the" |
| 43% | MISTER | 6 | With 40 Across, Hanks' role in 17/64 Across |
| 43% | FANI | 4 | With 13-Across, district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia |
| 43% | THEWETNESS | 10 | With 22 Across, regular use of deodorant? |
| 43% | SANTA | 5 | With 8-Across, movie role for Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Billy Bob Thornton and Ed Asner |
| 43% | HAN | 3 | With 51 Across, Ford role |
| 43% | MARNIE | 6 | Hitchcock film with 22 Across |
| 42% | PLAYERMANAGER | 13 | Role for 43-Across with the Cleveland Indians in the 1970s (Hyph.) |
| 42% | OSCAR | 5 | Along with Big Bird, role for puppeteer Caroll Spinney on "Sesame Street" |
| 42% | WES | 3 | "How to Get Away with Murder" role for Alfred Enoch |
| 42% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 37-Across, "American Hustle" actress who won an Oscar for her role in 48-Across' "Silver Linings Playbook" |