| 100% | WHITE | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose plot features an Ohio train derailment that released hazardous chemicals |
| 35% | GLASS | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose title was inspired by a Beatles song |
| 33% | PALESTINE | 9 | East ___, Ohio town that was the site of a 2023 train derailment that released hazardous chemicals |
| 23% | THE | 3 | With 32-Across, 2022 horror film set at an exclusive restaurant |
| 23% | VOLODYMYR | 9 | With 27 Across, Time's Person of the Year of 2022 |
| 22% | DONTWORRY | 9 | With 16 Across, 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde |
| 22% | HERCULES | 8 | Disney film that inspired an animated series featuring a young hero-in-training |
| 21% | SPIRITED | 8 | With 17-Across, 2001 animated film from Japan that won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature |
| 21% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 27 Across, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2022, defined as self-indulgent behavior |
| 21% | WHATSBLACKWHITE | 15 | With 27-Across, an old riddle |
| 21% | AIRPLANE | 8 | Leslie Nielsen parody film whose title ends with an exclamation point |
| 21% | SHAZAM | 6 | Zachary Levi superhero film whose title ends with an exclamation point |
| 21% | GORE | 4 | Horror film feature that rhymes with "more" |
| 20% | MOTHER | 6 | Jennifer Lawrence allegorical horror film whose title ends with an exclamation point |
| 20% | XENON | 5 | Chemical element that starts with an 8-point Scrabble letter |
| 20% | XSCAPE | 6 | "Just Kickin' It" girl group that was honored with the 2022 Soul Train Lady of Soul Award |
| 20% | MOULINROUGE | 11 | Nicole Kidman musical film whose title ends with an exclamation point (2 wds.) |
| 20% | MOULINROUGE | 11 | 2001 Nicole Kidman film whose title ends with an exclamation point!: 2 wds. |
| 20% | MARSATTACKS | 11 | 1996 Jack Nicholson film whose title ends with an exclamation point!: 2 wds. |
| 20% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Meryl Streep musical film whose title ends with an exclamation point (2 wds.) |
| 20% | XENON | 5 | Only chemical element whose name starts with an x |
| 20% | MINE | 4 | "Sweet Child o' ___," song with an iconic riff by Slash that was featured in "Thor: Love and Thunder" |
| 20% | ARTHUR | 6 | Animated children's series featuring an anthropomorphic aardvark that aired its final season in 2022 |
| 19% | ARISTOCATS | 10 | 1970 Disney film that features Duchess the Turkish Angora, with The |
| 19% | RUNAWAYTRAIN | 12 | 1985 action film that ends with an on-screen Shakespeare quote |
| 19% | OUT | 3 | "Inside ___" (Pixar film that won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature) |
| 19% | HELLO | 5 | With 35-Across, 1969 Barbra Streisand film whose title ends with an exclamation point! |
| 19% | WARMBODIES | 10 | Film released in February 2013 starring Nicholas Hoult that features walking corpses: 2 wds. |
| 19% | BETWEENAROCK | 12 | With 27 Across, dilemma-bound |
| 19% | AFACETODIEFOR | 13 | 2022 28-Across novel featuring an archaeologist obsessed with Helen of Troy (5 wds.) |