| 100% | IRENE | 5 | With 35-Across, player of Granny on “The Beverly Hillbillies” |
| 57% | IRENERYAN | 9 | Granny player on "The Beverly Hillbillies" |
| 52% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 51% | THESHOEISONTHE | 14 | With 35 Across, "I've turned the tables on you" |
| 51% | GIGIHADID | 9 | Supermodel with 35 appearances on the cover of "Vogue" who co-hosts 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 47% | IRENERYAN | 9 | Actress who played Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies": 2 wds. |
| 45% | WILLIAM | 7 | With 35-Across, author of the classic dystopian novel "Lord of the Flies" |
| 45% | IRENE | 5 | Granny, of "The Beverly Hillbillies" |
| 44% | KATEY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Sons of Anarchy" actress who plays the title character in "Rebel" |
| 44% | ANTHONY | 7 | With 35-Across, first pick of the 2013 NBA draft, taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 44% | CURTIS | 6 | With 35-Across, Pennsylvania-born Football Hall of Famer who attended the University of Pittsburgh |
| 44% | WILLY | 5 | With 35-Across, the lead role in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" |
| 43% | AARON | 5 | With 35-Across, Yankee right fielder who broke the records of 18-Across and 38-Across |
| 43% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, one of the two singers on 15-Across |
| 43% | NASTIA | 6 | With 35-Across, 2008 Olympic gold medalist inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2018 |
| 42% | DONNA | 5 | With 35-Across, Mississippi-born author of "The Goldfinch" |
| 42% | CLAMPETT | 8 | Beverly Hillbillies song: The Ballad of Jed __ |
| 42% | SHAPE | 5 | With 35-Across, 2017 Ed Sheeran hit that spent 16 weeks at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100 |
| 42% | HARRY | 5 | With 35-Across, longtime White Sox and Cubs sportscaster inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 1994 |
| 42% | LAREDO | 6 | 35 Across city on the Rio Grande |
| 42% | TRACEEELLISROSS | 15 | Player of the mother on "Black-ish" |
| 42% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 35-Across, subtitle of 15-Across that is also the title of a 2017 romance film: 3 wds. |
| 42% | MESSI | 5 | Lionel ___, Argentine soccer player who is one of the most followed athletes on Instagram with over 166 million followers |
| 42% | BALE | 4 | Gareth ___, Welsh soccer player who is one of the most followed athletes on Instagram with over 43 million followers |
| 42% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Beckham, British soccer player who is one of the most followed athletes on Instagram with over 64 million followers |
| 42% | NEYMAR | 6 | ___ Jr., Brazilian soccer player who is one of the most followed athletes on Instagram with over 142 million followers |
| 42% | MORAN | 5 | Player of the younger Cunningham on "Happy Days" |
| 42% | ALANHALE | 8 | Player of the Skipper on "Gilligan's Island" |
| 41% | MARTIN | 6 | With 65-Across, author of the "Ninety-Five Theses," posted on 10/31/1517 |