| 100% | TOM | 3 | With 3-Down, portrayer of Mister Rogers in 2019's "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" |
| 54% | ITS | 3 | "___ a beautiful day in the neighborhood": Mr. Rogers |
| 53% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Best Supporting Actor nominee for 2019's "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LAHTI | 5 | Christine of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" |
| 48% | ITS | 3 | "___ a beautiful day in the neighborhood …" |
| 43% | TOM | 3 | "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" actor Hanks |
| 43% | HANKS | 5 | "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" actor Tom |
| 43% | RHYS | 4 | "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" actor Matthew |
| 42% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | Lil Nas X hit with a record-setting 143 million US streams in the week of April 20, 2019: 3 wds. |
| 42% | TOM | 3 | Actor Hanks who plays Mr. Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" |
| 40% | MISTERROGERS | 12 | TV host played by Tom Hanks in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JEREMYIRONS | 11 | Portrayer of Simon Peter Gruber, the villain in "Die Hard With a Vengeance": 2 wds. |
| 38% | CARLI | 5 | With 3-Down, hero of the U.S.A.'s Women's World Cup victory |
| 37% | OWL | 3 | X the ___ (puppet who lives in an oak tree in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe) |
| 37% | BONDS | 5 | Treasury items that in 2019 the Trump Administration considered selling with a maturity of 50 years |
| 37% | TOMHANKS | 8 | "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" actor who plays astronaut Jim Lovell in the docudrama about failed 1970 lunar mission Apollo 13 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TAJ | 3 | With 3-Down, one of the Wonders of the World located in Agra, India |
| 37% | OGEE | 4 | Type of weight-driven clock originating in the 1830s featuring a wooden case with S-shaped outer edges |
| 36% | DUNLIN | 6 | Small wading bird with a slightly down-curved bill that breeds in the uplands of Scotland, Wales and England |
| 36% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down |
| 36% | FACT | 4 | With 3-Down, journalist's appraisal of a politician's claim |
| 36% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | Yankees relief pitcher with a record 652 career saves inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | Drake hit with a record-setting 116.2 million US streams in the week of July 28, 2018: 3 wds. |
| 36% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AVIEWFROM | 9 | With 23-Down, Arthur Miller play set in a Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood: 3 wds. |
| 36% | ORR | 3 | Marian ___, mayor of Cheyenne, WY since 2017, who was in the news due to a spat with the Governor of Wyoming in 2019 |
| 35% | RED | 3 | With 3-Down and 4-Across, the human body makes around 200 billion of them per day |
| 35% | MICHAELJFOX | 11 | Portrayer of Marty McFly in "Back to the Future": 3 wds. |
| 35% | ERIC | 4 | With 1-Down, player of the Hulk in 2003's "Hulk" |
| 35% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |