| 100% | ISSA | 4 | With 33-Across, "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" star |
| 78% | ISSARAE | 7 | The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl creator and star |
| 76% | ISSARAE | 7 | "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" star |
| 75% | ISSA | 4 | "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" star ___ Rae |
| 75% | RAE | 3 | "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" star Issa ___ |
| 75% | RAE | 3 | "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" star Issa |
| 75% | ISSA | 4 | "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" star Rae |
| 64% | RAE | 3 | "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" creator Issa |
| 60% | RAE | 3 | Issa of "The Mis-adventures of Awkward Black Girl" |
| 54% | BETTY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Golden Girls" star who won a Spoken Word Grammy for "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)" |
| 53% | EMILY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Girl on the Train" actress who stars in "A Quiet Place Part II" |
| 53% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 52% | RAE | 3 | The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl writer |
| 52% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 49% | ISSARAE | 7 | Creator and star of "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" |
| 48% | RAE | 3 | "Insecure" star Issa who first found fame with her YouTube series "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" |
| 48% | RAE | 3 | "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" author Issa |
| 47% | VOX | 3 | With 33-Across, opinions of the majority |
| 47% | THOMAS | 6 | With 33-Across, current star of 15-Across |
| 46% | MARA | 4 | Rooney ___, star of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 46% | MAMMA | 5 | With 33-Across, musical set on the island of Kalokairi |
| 45% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, one of the two singers on 15-Across |
| 45% | CHEESE | 6 | With 33-Across, fan of the N.F.L.'s Packers |
| 45% | RAE | 3 | Issa who wrote "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" |
| 45% | ISSA | 4 | Rae who created "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" |
| 44% | ANITA | 5 | With 33-Across, husky-voiced singer known as the Jezebel of Jazz |
| 44% | INSECURE | 8 | HBO show whose star also created the Web series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” |
| 44% | LIONEL | 6 | With 33-Across, winner of the Golden Ball in the 2014 World Cup |
| 43% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 43% | PATSY | 5 | With 33-Across, singer of "Crazy," the 1992 campaign song for H. Ross Perot |