| 100% | LENA | 4 | With 37-Across, "Alias" actress |
| 75% | NATHALIE | 8 | With 37-Across, "Game of Thrones" actress starring in "Megalopolis" |
| 74% | JUSTINA | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who plays Penelope Alvarez on 49-Across |
| 73% | GREAT | 5 | With 37 Across, tall dog |
| 73% | NICOLE | 6 | With 37-Across, "Rabbit Hole" actress who left the Church of Scientology |
| 72% | THENEW | 6 | With 37 Across, alternate puzzle title |
| 72% | TATER | 5 | With 37 Across, alternative to fries |
| 72% | SIGHOF | 6 | With 37 Across, ''Alas!'', for instance |
| 72% | KRISTEN | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who portrayed Jodie Foster's daughter in "Panic Room" |
| 72% | OCTAVIA | 7 | With 37-Across, "Hidden Figures" actress who voices the manticore Corey in "Onward" |
| 71% | EARS | 4 | With 37 Across, corn is cooking quickly |
| 71% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 37-Across, "Charmed" actress who played Tony's daughter Samantha on 18-Across |
| 71% | KATHY | 5 | With 37-Across, "Misery" actress who played Delphine LaLaurie on "American Horror Story: Coven" |
| 71% | NATALIE | 7 | With 37-Across, "Black Swan" actress who voiced a whale documentary narrator on "Bluey" |
| 69% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 69% | SALMA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Eternals" actress who plays Kitty Softpaws in "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" |
| 67% | DELLA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Touched by an Angel" actress who played a landlady on "Chico and the Man" |
| 67% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 65% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 37-Across, "American Hustle" actress who won an Oscar for her role in 48-Across' "Silver Linings Playbook" |
| 63% | SHELLEY | 7 | With 37-Across, she won two Best Supporting Actress Oscars, for "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "A Patch of Blue" |
| 62% | SHANNEN | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who played 18-Across, 43-Across, and Prue Halliwell on "Charmed," and who turns 50 years old today |
| 62% | ONAN | 4 | With 37-Across, steady |
| 61% | MARY | 4 | With 43 Across, Supporting Actress (''Melvin and Howard'') |
| 61% | EGG | 3 | With 37-Across, Easter purchase |
| 61% | CAN | 3 | With 37-Across, Rivers tagline |
| 61% | HAIL | 4 | With 37-Across, desperate attempts |
| 61% | TERRA | 5 | With 37-Across, the ground |
| 61% | CASPIAN | 7 | With 37-Across, Eurasian lake |
| 61% | MOTHER | 6 | With 37-Across, native language |
| 60% | RENTA | 5 | With 37-Across, traveler's wheels |