| 100% | RUPAULS | 7 | With 44-Across, reality show whose most recent winner is Yvie Oddly |
| 62% | THEVOICE | 8 | Reality show whose most recent winner is Maelyn Jarmon: 2 wds. |
| 62% | TOPCHEF | 7 | Reality show whose most recent winner is Kelsey Barnard Clark: 2 wds. |
| 43% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (competition whose most recent winner is Laine Hardy) |
| 41% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Reality series whose most recent season was subtitled "Ghost Island" |
| 40% | THEVOICE | 8 | Reality show whose contestants must be good with numbers |
| 39% | CMAS | 4 | Awards show whose most recent female Entertainer of the Year was Taylor Swift, in 2011 |
| 34% | POLITICSIS | 10 | With 44 Across, Will Rogers on parties |
| 32% | RACHEL | 6 | With 36-Across, LGBT host whose show is on MSNBC |
| 32% | FEARFACTOR | 10 | Reality show whose Dutch version was called "Now or Neverland" |
| 32% | MYLIFE | 6 | Lyn Hejinian’s poetic autobiography whose most recent version, updated when the author was forty-five, consists of forty-five sections with forty-five sentences each |
| 32% | WHATEVER | 8 | With 44-Across, 2024 Bryson Tiller hit whose lyrics are about satisfying a woman's expensive tastes |
| 32% | ADELE | 5 | Singer whose most recent album is "30" |
| 32% | KATY | 4 | Singer Perry whose most recent #1 hit was "Dark Horse" |
| 31% | SNL | 3 | Show whose most frequent guest host has been Alec Baldwin (17 times): Abbr. |
| 31% | AKON | 4 | Rapper whose most recent album was 2008's "Freedom" |
| 31% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Reality cooking show hosted by 40-Across whose theme song is "Fire" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | KATY | 4 | Singer Perry whose most recent album was "Prism" |
| 30% | TORI | 4 | Singer Amos whose most recent album is "Native Invader" |
| 30% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose most recent album was 2020's appropriately titled "Power Up" |
| 30% | ADAM | 4 | Singer Lambert whose most recent album is "The Original High" |
| 30% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer whose most recent album is "Dark Sky Island" |
| 30% | SIA | 3 | Australian singer whose most recent album is 2021's "Music" |
| 30% | BEN | 3 | Singer Harper whose most recent album is "Wide Open Light" |
| 30% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | AMC show whose title is stylized with two chemical symbols |
| 29% | XFACTOR | 7 | The —, ITV talent show whose first winner was Steve Brookstein in 2004 |
| 28% | HELEN | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 28% | HENRY | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 28% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |
| 28% | PAPAROACH | 9 | Hard rock band whose most recent album is "The Connection": 2 wds. |