| 100% | YOKO | 4 | With 28-Across, Beatle spouse who owns imaginepeace.com |
| 39% | JUDITH | 6 | With 28 Across, "Ordinary People" author |
| 38% | GUESSWHOSCOMING | 15 | With 28 Across, a Kate Oscar film |
| 38% | PAUL | 4 | With 28-Across, "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays Gary Grooberson in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" |
| 37% | JIM | 3 | With 28-Across, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" star who plays the title role in 15-Across |
| 36% | VIOLA | 5 | With 28-Across, "How to Get Away with Murder" actress who wrote the 2022 memoir "Finding Me" |
| 35% | TOUCH | 5 | With 28 Across, get offline ... and what 13 and 20 Across do? |
| 34% | YESTERDAY | 9 | 2019 rom-com with 15-Across as the manager of the only person who remembers the Beatles |
| 33% | JAVIER | 6 | With 32-Across, "Skyfall" actor who plays Lyle's owner Hector in "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" |
| 33% | LAUREN | 6 | With 33-Across, "American Gigolo" actress who appeared on the cover of Vogue 28 times |
| 33% | BORN | 4 | With 28-Across, schlemiels |
| 33% | ELLEN | 5 | With 28-Down, newswoman who founded a college in Claremont, Calif. |
| 33% | RINGO | 5 | With 34-Across, onetime Beatle who had a 1973 hit that shared 18-Across's title |
| 33% | TATIANA | 7 | With 41-Across, Emmy-winning actress who has played eleven roles (so far) in 28-Across |
| 33% | SIT | 3 | With 28-Across, some protests |
| 33% | PIRATES | 7 | With 28-Across, treasure locator |
| 33% | YEAR | 4 | With 28-Across, late December |
| 33% | WORK | 4 | With 28-Across, tireless sort |
| 33% | THE | 3 | With 28-Across, popular retailer |
| 33% | DEAR | 4 | With 28-Across, letter opener |
| 33% | ITCHY | 5 | With 28-Across, allergy symptom |
| 32% | OMAR | 4 | With 9 Across, Streisand's ''Funny Girl'' spouse |
| 32% | FRESH | 5 | With 28 Across, a new beginning (and with how 2020 has gone, we might all need it) |
| 32% | WHENINTHECOURSE | 15 | With 28-Across, a patriotic opening |
| 32% | MER | 3 | With 28-Across, ___ Caraïbes (Guadeloupe setting) |
| 32% | STOP | 4 | With 28-Across, like some traffic |
| 32% | SAMGOLDWYN | 10 | With 28-Across, author of quip |
| 32% | SPEC | 4 | With 28-Across, some CIA business |
| 32% | CAPE | 4 | With 28-Across, Martin Scorsese film |
| 32% | TAI | 3 | With 28-Across, meditative exercise regimen |