| 100% | THOMAS | 6 | With 33-Across, current star of 15-Across |
| 70% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 62% | ELON | 4 | With 23 Across, CEO of 15 Across |
| 61% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 61% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, one of the two singers on 15-Across |
| 61% | ISSA | 4 | With 33-Across, "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" star |
| 58% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | Star of 15-Across, 33-Across, and "The Theory of Everything" who was born January 6, 1982 (2 wds.) |
| 58% | HOTIN | 5 | With 15-Across, TV Land sitcom starring 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 55% | GUILLERMO | 9 | With 15 Across, scandal-ridden president of Ecuador |
| 54% | ANG | 3 | ''Life of Pi'' director, with 15 Across |
| 54% | MASK | 4 | 1985 movie starring 15-Across as the mother of a teen with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia |
| 53% | NEWMAN | 6 | Star of 33-Across |
| 53% | TOP | 3 | With 57-Across, action film starring 15-Across, 33-Across, and 48-Across that debuted 35 years ago this month (2 wds.) |
| 53% | REVENGEOF | 9 | With 15 Across, what today marks for some Star Wars aficionados |
| 52% | ELEMENTAL | 9 | Pixar film featuring characterizations of water, fire, air, and earth starring 15-Across and 33-Across |
| 52% | MISSPIGGY | 9 | Pink star of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MANDYPATINKIN | 13 | Former star of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | DIVINE | 6 | With 35-Across, source of 15-/23-Across |
| 51% | 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)" |
| 51% | FANFAREFORTHE | 13 | With 33 Across, P.D.Q. Bach piece with a lot of horn-blowing (and probably nose-blowing) |
| 51% | VOX | 3 | With 33-Across, opinions of the majority |
| 51% | INDEPENDEN | 10 | With 33-Across, exemplar of female empowerment |
| 51% | ANG | 3 | With 33-Across, “Life of Pi” director |
| 51% | HAS | 3 | With 7-Across, faded stars, of sorts |
| 51% | MEAT | 4 | With 15 Across, "Bat Out of Hell" singer born Michael Lee Aday (1947-2022) |
| 50% | STEVIE | 6 | With 33-Across, visually impaired singer of "Superstition" |
| 50% | RIP | 3 | With 47-Across, star of "Heartland" |
| 50% | PEPPERS | 7 | With 15 Across, illusion that uses a reflection to create the appearance of a phantom |
| 49% | SONIC | 5 | Spiny-haired star of 33-Across games |