| 100% | CEELO | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Voice" vocal coach |
| 58% | ANITA | 5 | With 33-Across, husky-voiced singer known as the Jezebel of Jazz |
| 57% | JAMES | 5 | With 33 Across, ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'' author |
| 55% | VOX | 3 | With 33-Across, opinions of the majority |
| 52% | MAMMA | 5 | With 33-Across, musical set on the island of Kalokairi |
| 52% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, one of the two singers on 15-Across |
| 52% | CHEESE | 6 | With 33-Across, fan of the N.F.L.'s Packers |
| 51% | ADAM | 4 | With 30-Across, Maroon 5 lead singer who's a coach on "The Voice" |
| 51% | CALVIN | 6 | With 33-Across, EDM DJ who headlined at the 2016 Coachella Festival |
| 51% | BRYCE | 5 | With 33-Across, Alabama quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy in 2021 |
| 50% | PHARRELL | 8 | With 46-Across, "Happy" singer who was a coach on "The Voice" for four seasons |
| 50% | ERIE | 4 | With 33 Across, 1820s engineering marvel |
| 50% | LIONEL | 6 | With 33-Across, winner of the Golden Ball in the 2014 World Cup |
| 50% | OLIVIA | 6 | With 33-Across, Best Actress Oscar winner for the 2018 film "The Favourite" |
| 49% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 49% | PATSY | 5 | With 33-Across, singer of "Crazy," the 1992 campaign song for H. Ross Perot |
| 49% | WILLY | 5 | With 33-Across, candymaker played by Johnny Depp in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 49% | MELISSA | 7 | With 33-Across, actress who plays Kara Danvers/Supergirl on The CW's "Supergirl" |
| 49% | LEANN | 5 | With 33-Across, "Blue" singer who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1997 |
| 49% | MILEY | 5 | With 33-Across, singer whose "Flowers" was the best-selling global single of 2023 |
| 49% | JALEN | 5 | With 33-Across, Eagles quarterback who was named MVP of the 2025 Super Bowl |
| 49% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 49% | EMILY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Girl on the Train" actress who stars in "A Quiet Place Part II" |
| 49% | LAUREN | 6 | With 33-Across, "American Gigolo" actress who appeared on the cover of Vogue 28 times |
| 49% | BILLY | 5 | With 33-Across, Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart's defense lawyer in the musical "Chicago" |
| 48% | CEELO | 5 | Green who was a four-time vocal coach on "The Voice" |
| 48% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 48% | ARKHAM | 6 | With 33-Across, institution for the criminally insane that is central to the plot of "Gotham" |
| 48% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, pop singer whose posthumous album "This Is It" topped the charts in 2009 |
| 48% | NICKI | 5 | With 33-Across, "Anaconda" rapper who won the BET Award for Best New Artist in 2010 |