| 100% | DOLLYPARTONS | 12 | With 27-Across, Netflix anthology series dramatizing the stories behind some of a singer's songs: 2 wds. |
| 34% | UNCLETOMS | 9 | With 27-Across, Richard Wright short story collection of 1938: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 31% | DRIVETO | 7 | With 37-Across, subtitle of a hit Netflix documentary series about Formula 1 racing (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 30% | VOLODYMYR | 9 | With 27 Across, Time's Person of the Year of 2022 |
| 29% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Singer with the debut album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess": 2 wds. |
| 29% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer/pianist who performed a duet with 18-Across at the Grammy Awards in 2014 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DONTSTOP | 8 | With 47-Across, Journey song that was the soundtrack to the final scene of 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Musical with the song "I Dreamed a Dream" which was also the name of Scottish singer Susan Boyle's (birthday today) debut album: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WHOSELINE | 9 | With 27-Across, revived improv comedy show on The CW: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KIPOANDTHEAGE | 13 | With 32-Across, animated series about a girl from beneath the Earth's surface: 4 wds. |
| 28% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 27 Across, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2022, defined as self-indulgent behavior |
| 28% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | Spiny crustacean, or the title of a B-52's song: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SMOKEYROBINSON | 14 | "The Tears of a Clown" singer who received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 28% | GLENN | 5 | With 27-Across, "Fatal Attraction" actress who plays Dr. Scott in "Swan Song": 2 wds. |
| 28% | LIVINGWITH | 10 | With 28-Across, Netflix series about a man and his clone: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ROADTRIPPIN | 11 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "I been thinkin, yeah / It's been a while since we got out of town" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | LIV | 3 | With 27-Down, actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer |
| 28% | PETERCETERA | 11 | Singer with the 1986 #1 song “Glory of Love”: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |
| 27% | THEATEAM | 8 | NBC action-adventure series of the 1980s, or a 2011 song by Ed Sheeran: 3 wds. |
| 27% | WHATSGOINGON | 12 | 1971 Top 10 song by 28-Across with the lyrics "We've got to find a way / To bring some understanding here today" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | ABOUTGRACE | 10 | 28-Across's debut novel, which tells the story of a man who dreams events that later come true (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BARRY | 5 | With 44-Across, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" soul singer with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SLASHER | 7 | Canadian anthology horror series with a mystery storyline that is resolved at the end of the season |
| 27% | LANADELREY | 10 | "Doin' Time" singer who collaborates with 27-Across and 35-Across on the 2019 "Charlie's Angels" theme song "Don't Call Me Angel" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | TIMBERLAKE | 10 | Justin ___, a singer famous for his hit single "Cry Me a River", who starred in the film "Friends with Benefits": 2 wds. |