| 100% | ILLBEGONE | 9 | With 48-Across, 2018 bestseller by 21-Across/37-Across subtitled "One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | ILL | 3 | Michelle McNamara's "___ Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer" |
| 32% | ITSYOURWORLD | 12 | Children's book written by 32-Across with the subtitle "Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | SHEPERSISTED | 12 | Children's book written by 32-Across with the subtitle "13 American Women Who Changed the World" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | GEORGEPSMITH | 12 | American biologist who shared one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Gregory P. Winter, for work on phage display: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Jack Kerouac's most loved novel based on his travels with his friends across the United States: 3 wds. |
| 29% | PRAYFORME | 9 | 2018 top 10 single by The Weeknd with Kendrick Lamar: 3 wds. |
| 29% | ABOUTDAMNTIME | 13 | Song by Lizzo that was honored with the People's Choice Award for The Song of 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 29% | AQUIETPLACE | 11 | 2018 postapocalyptic horror film with a 2024 prequel subtitled "Day One": 3 wds. |
| 29% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 Broadway show, with music and lyrics by 41-Across, that won the first Tony for Best Musical: 3 wds. |
| 28% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | One of the Golden State Warriors' "Big Three" who holds the NBA record for career three-pointers (2 wds.) |
| 27% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | One of the Golden State Warriors' "Big Three" who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a quarter (2 wds.) |
| 27% | STEPHCURRY | 10 | Three-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors who's also the executive producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ARGONAUT | 8 | One searching for the Golden Fleece, in Greek mythology |
| 27% | WHATWASI | 8 | With 48-Across, Billie Eilish hit from "Barbie" that won an Oscar for Best Original Song: 3 wds. |
| 27% | THEFOURTOPS | 11 | Group with the 1973 song "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)": 3 wds. |
| 27% | ICANTGO | 7 | With 37-Across, 1982 #1 single by 41-Across: 3 wds. |
| 27% | ASINGLETHREAD | 13 | 2019 novel by 34-Across about the women who embroidered the kneelers for Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s (3 wds.) |
| 27% | ISLEOFDOGS | 10 | 2018 stop-motion movie about a boy's search for his canine best friend: 3 wds. |
| 27% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 26% | BESTACTOR | 9 | Oscar won by 21-Across for "The King's Speech": 2 wds. |
| 26% | THELAKEHOUSE | 12 | 2015 bestseller by 37-Across that brings together a novelist and a detective to uncover secrets from the past (3 wds.) |
| 26% | DEPTHOFWINTER | 13 | 2018 bestseller by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 26% | BODYLIKEA | 9 | With 48-Across, Sam Hunt song that spent 34 weeks atop the Hot Country charts in 2017: 3 wds. |
| 26% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | 2019 song by Lil Nas X which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for nineteen consecutive weeks: 3 wds. |
| 26% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | Drake song that replaced his own "Nice for What" at #1 on the charts on July 21, 2018: 3 wds. |
| 26% | CALI | 4 | The Golden State with a "Golden Gate," for short |
| 26% | DOWNEAST | 8 | One nickname for the state of Maine (2 wds.) |
| 26% | BEAUTIFULCRAZY | 14 | 2018 hit from the reissue of 16-Across's debut album "This One's For You": 2 wds. |
| 26% | SONGSINAMINOR | 13 | 2001 Grammy-winning album by 42-Across with the singles "Fallin'" and "A Woman's Worth" (4 wds.) |