| 100% | MARY | 4 | With 43 Across, Supporting Actress (''Melvin and Howard'') |
| 52% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 43-Across, actress who's played both Catwoman and the Wasp |
| 44% | ABBE | 4 | With 12 Across, singer and actress born Abigail Lassman |
| 43% | WHENALL | 7 | With 43- and 48-Across, everything considered |
| 43% | SWISS | 5 | With 43- and 76-Across, camping aid |
| 41% | THISMIGHTSOLVE | 14 | With 43 Across, inspiration encouragement |
| 41% | ILL | 3 | With 43 Across, evil person |
| 41% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 41% | IENJOYEDYOURBOOK | 16 | With 43- and 48-Across, a barb to 14-Down |
| 41% | DAGWOOD | 7 | With 43 Across, Cookie's parents |
| 41% | SKETCH | 6 | With 43 Across, art store purchase |
| 41% | CONGRESS | 8 | With 43 Across, German Confederation creator |
| 40% | LIAM | 4 | With 43 Across, ''Schindler's List'' star |
| 40% | BUTTONS | 7 | With 43 Across, Oscar song for 1947 |
| 40% | NEVERNEVER | 10 | With 43-Across, where the directions at 17-, 22-, 33- and 57-Across lead |
| 40% | UNITED | 6 | With 43-Across, America ... or what 18-, 23-, 53- and 63-Across contain, briefly |
| 39% | STEENBURGEN | 11 | Mary —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Melvin and Howard |
| 39% | THEYMIGHT | 9 | With 43-Across, alternative rock band led by John Flansburgh and John Linnell: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TINA | 4 | With 29-Across, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" creator and actress |
| 38% | LYNDA | 5 | With 13-Across, model and actress born July 24, 1951 |
| 38% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 37% | EMILIA | 6 | With 31-Across, actress who plays Daenerys Targaryen on 43-Across |
| 37% | KETANJI | 7 | With 38- and 43-Across, history-making SCOTUS appointee |
| 37% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 37% | HAVINGAGOODTIME | 15 | With 34-, 43- and 58-Across, message on a tourist's postcard |
| 37% | NICHOLAS | 8 | With 62 Across, Charles Dickens novel about a man trying to support his sister and widowed mother, featuring a Maine college |
| 37% | ACHIPOFF | 8 | With 37- and 43-Across, one who takes after dad |
| 37% | IFMY | 4 | With 36- and 43-Across, second line of the poem |
| 37% | MARY | 4 | ___ Steenburgen, "Melvin and Howard" actress who plays Carol in the 2023 film "Book Club: The Next Chapter" |
| 36% | YARD | 4 | With 66-Across, where one might find 16-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |