| 100% | DAVID | 5 | With 31-Across, Talking Heads frontman who wrote a Guardian essay against streaming music services in 2013 |
| 28% | PANDORA | 7 | Streaming music service named for a woman in Greek myth |
| 28% | RACHEL | 6 | With 31-Across, Debbie Downer portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "Girl Walks Into a Bar ..." |
| 26% | ROBERT | 6 | With 31-Across, singer who performed his song "Addicted to Love" to open the third MTV Video Music Awards, in 1986 |
| 26% | LUPITA | 6 | With 31-Across, "12 Years a Slave" actress who played intelligence agent Nakia in "Black Panther" |
| 25% | CAHN | 4 | Sammy who wrote the lyrics to "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" |
| 24% | RICHARD | 7 | With 19 Across, billionaire who took a notable vacation in July 2021 |
| 24% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 24% | SOFIE | 5 | With 31-Across, novelist who writes the Magical Cats mystery series |
| 24% | ITUNESRADIO | 11 | Online music streaming service launched by Apple in September 2013: 2 wds. |
| 24% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |
| 24% | GONE | 4 | With 31-Across, 2014 film starring Rosamund Pike as a woman who disappeared |
| 23% | BEE | 3 | ___ Gees, music trio who performed with ABBA in 1979 at a charity concert for UNICEF |
| 23% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |
| 23% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country music star who sang "Islands in the Stream" with 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 23% | WHAT | 4 | With 34-Across, question in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 23% | BRUCE | 5 | With 31-Across, Bills/Redskins defensive end who's #1 in NFL career sacks with 200 |
| 23% | SAMUELL | 7 | With 31-Across, actor who played Elijah Price, aka Mr. Glass, in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 23% | MINKA | 5 | With 31-Across, "The Butler" star who plays Detective Valerie Stahl in 17-Across |
| 22% | LARRY | 5 | With 31-Across, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor and former "SNL" writer who returned to host in 2016 |
| 22% | NICOLE | 6 | With 31-Across, "Moulin Rouge!" star who helped define "stubborn" on "Sesame Street" in 2011 |
| 22% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote a poem about a talking raven |
| 22% | PLAYLIST | 8 | An itinerary of songs in a music-streaming service |
| 22% | BAIN | 4 | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 22% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 22% | WILLIE | 6 | With 31-Across, "On the Road Again" singer who played Doc Holliday in the 1986 TV movie "Stagecoach" |
| 22% | JULIE | 5 | With 31-Across, "Modern Family" actress who played public relations director Virginia Venit in 14-Across |
| 22% | NICKHORNBY | 10 | British author who wrote "About a Boy," 16-Across, and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 22% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 30-Across, "Mistresses" actress who was named a UNICEF Ambassador in 2003 |
| 21% | HARLEMSHAKE | 11 | Baauer hit with a record-setting 103.1 million US streams in the week of March 2, 2013: 2 wds. |