| 100% | SHONDA | 6 | With 34-Across, creator of "Scandal" |
| 81% | SHONDA | 6 | With 34-Across, creator and producer of "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 73% | PEANUT | 6 | With 34 Across, seller of small snacks in shells |
| 66% | GUILLERMO | 9 | With 15 Across, scandal-ridden president of Ecuador |
| 64% | HEADLESS | 8 | With 34-Across, scary legend of 13-Across |
| 64% | THESIXTHSHEIKS | 14 | With 34-Across, one example of 51-Across |
| 64% | DINTY | 5 | With 34-Across, brand of canned beef stew |
| 63% | ANWAR | 5 | With 34-Across, president of Egypt assassinated in 1981 |
| 62% | STAN | 4 | With 34-Down, co-creator of Scarlet Witch |
| 60% | RACHEL | 6 | With 34-Across, MSNBC host of a nightly news and opinion show |
| 60% | MILEY | 5 | With 34-Across, singer of the 2008 top 10 hit "7 Things" |
| 59% | PETE | 4 | With 34-Across, former baseball star found guilty in 1990 of criminal conduct |
| 59% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 34-Across, "A Brief History of Time" author who is an atheist |
| 59% | ISSA | 4 | With 38-Across, creator/star of HBO's "Insecure" |
| 58% | ORE | 3 | With 34 Across, train hobbyist's buy |
| 58% | LARRY | 5 | With 31-Across, creator and star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" |
| 58% | KINGOFTHE | 9 | With 50-Across, nickname of 34-Across: 3 wds. |
| 57% | DAVID | 5 | With 4-Across, creator of "The Sopranos" |
| 57% | CARLOS | 6 | With 34-Across, Astros shortstop who won the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year Award |
| 57% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 57% | DASHIELLHAMMETT | 15 | Creator of 1 Across |
| 57% | GEORGE | 6 | With 40-Across, creator of 1-/56-Across |
| 57% | ELENA | 5 | With 52-Across, creator of Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo |
| 56% | ASHER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Andi Mack" actor who plays the younger version of 38-Across in "Shazam!" |
| 56% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 56% | AESOP | 5 | Creator of fables with morals |
| 55% | MATT | 4 | Creator of Marge and 24 Across |
| 55% | NASA | 4 | Creator of 13 and 16 Across |
| 54% | DAVID | 5 | With 34-Across, Red Sox pitcher who won the MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2018 |
| 54% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |