| 100% | ANNE | 4 | With 36-Across, popular comedic actress |
| 59% | WHEELOF | 7 | With 36-Across, popular program usually shown back to back with 18-Across |
| 59% | NOT | 3 | With 36 Across, ''Unacceptable'' |
| 57% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 36-Across, "The Greatest Showman" actress who plays Anne Weying in "Venom" |
| 57% | AMERICA | 7 | With 36-Across, "Ugly Betty" actress who plays Amy on 41-Across |
| 57% | SEVILLE | 7 | With 36 Across, Don Juan's hometown |
| 52% | CHRISTINA | 9 | With 36-Across, the actress - whose birthday it is today - who played Kelly, the daughter, on "Married... with Children" |
| 51% | SIENNA | 6 | With 36-Across, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" actress who plays Chris Kyle's wife in "American Sniper" |
| 49% | ONA | 3 | With 36-Across, losing |
| 49% | PENNYWISEAND | 12 | With 36-Across, shortsighted |
| 49% | THE | 3 | With 36-Across, finis |
| 49% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 48% | LIP | 3 | With 36-Across, ChapStick product |
| 47% | WHENTHECATSAWAY | 15 | With 36-Across, shirker's comment |
| 47% | THE | 3 | With 36-Across, rhinologist's study |
| 47% | TRAWL | 5 | With 36-Across, school gathering equipment |
| 47% | DAVID | 5 | With 36-Across, "Space Oddity" singer |
| 47% | MEL | 3 | With 36-Across, Polo Grounds great |
| 47% | EUR | 3 | Prefix with 36-Across |
| 46% | ECCE | 4 | With 36-Across, a depiction of Jesus |
| 46% | LIKEFISHIFITS | 13 | With 36-Across, "Poetry is ..." (Osbert Sitwell) |
| 46% | FEDERAL | 7 | With 36-Across, source of some notes |
| 46% | ALAN | 4 | With 36-Across, "Bridge of Spies" actor |
| 46% | MANI | 4 | With 36-Across, salon treatment, informally (Hyph.) |
| 46% | THE | 3 | With 36-Across, a Dr. Seuss book |
| 46% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with Desi Arnaz: 2 wds. |
| 46% | AUDREYMEADOWS | 13 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with Jackie Gleason: 2 wds. |
| 46% | GRACIEALLEN | 11 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with George Burns: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALAN | 4 | Gatsby portrayer, with 36-Across |
| 46% | JOE | 3 | With 36-Across, 52-Across's number two |