| 100% | THESONGOF | 9 | With 24-Across, 2011 Madeline Miller novel that became a 2021 hit thanks to TikTok: 3 wds. |
| 28% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | 2014 novel that became a 2017-2019 HBO miniseries: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IFALLAPART | 10 | Song by 42-Across that became a hit after a live-performance video went viral in 2017 (3 wds.) |
| 28% | MAYBEIMAMAZED | 13 | 1970 song by 19-Across that became a Top 10 hit seven years later for Wings (3 wds.) |
| 28% | OHMYGOD | 7 | 2021 song that became Adele's eighth top 10 hit on the Hot 100: 3 wds. |
| 28% | THOUGHTYOU | 10 | With 34-Across, 2022 Morgan Wallen hit that's a tribute to his mother: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | American rock band that had a #1 hit with 41-Across in 1971 (3 wds.) |
| 27% | SUPERBASS | 9 | 2011 Nicki Minaj #3 hit with a very pink-colored video: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEKAISERSWEB | 13 | 2021 Steve Berry novel that features 44-Across investigating historical events during a modern election in Germany (3 wds.) |
| 27% | HELPME | 6 | With 32-Across, 1965 Beach Boys hit that was not based on a specific woman: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MAYBEIMAMAZED | 13 | 1970 solo single by former Beatle 46-Across that became a Top 10 hit seven years later for Wings (3 wds.) |
| 26% | DESTINYSCHILD | 13 | Band that had a #3 hit in 2000 with "Jumpin', Jumpin'": 2 wds. |
| 26% | CROOKMANIFESTO | 14 | 2023 Colson Whitehead novel that's a sequel to 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | OZTHEGREATAND | 13 | With 48-Across, James Franco film that opened Friday, a prequel to a classic 1939 movie: 4 wds. |
| 26% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 25% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Science fiction novel by Ernest Cline that released in 2011 and became a NYT Bestseller again in 2018: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ALLIWANTFOR | 11 | With 33-Across, holiday tune that hit #1 on the Billboard charts in 2019, 2020, and 2021: 4 wds. |
| 25% | THEMAZERUNNER | 13 | Dystopian young adult novel that was turned into a 2014 movie: 3 wds. |
| 25% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 novel that's a sequel to "The Shining": 2 wds. |
| 25% | TOHELLWITHIT | 12 | 2021 mixtape by 16-Across that with the hit singles "Just for Me," "Pain," "Passion," and 26-Across (4 wds.) |
| 25% | AREYOUTHEREGOD | 14 | With 49-Across, 2023 movie starring Abby Ryder Fortson that was adapted from a 1970 Judy Blume novel: 4 wds. |
| 25% | PANAM | 5 | Old airline that becomes a Central American country if you add an A to the end: 2 wds. |
| 25% | THETORNSKIRT | 12 | Novel by 47-Across about a high schooler who becomes obsessed with a homeless girl (3 wds.) |
| 25% | ONEMISSISSIPPI | 14 | 2021 Kane Brown song with a state in its name that hit the top 40: 2 wds. |
| 24% | MINARI | 6 | 2021 Best Picture nominee with a title that loosely translates to "water celery" |
| 24% | INERT | 5 | With 3-Down, those you're quite unlikely to get a reaction from? |
| 24% | SUPERFREAKY | 11 | With 50-Across, 2022 Nicki Minaj hit that broke Spotify's record for a solo female rapper's biggest debut: 2 wds. |
| 24% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 24% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Event across the U.S. on 4/8/24 ... and, with 57-Across, 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across |