| 100% | YOUVEGOTAFRIEND | 15 | With 49-Down, 1995 Oscar-nominated Pixar theme song |
| 48% | DONOTFORSAKE | 12 | With 49-Across, theme song of 37- and 38-Across |
| 43% | RAT | 3 | With 49 Down, contemptibles |
| 41% | COCO | 4 | Pixar film with the Oscar-winning song "Remember Me" |
| 40% | GOVERNMENT | 10 | With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down |
| 37% | LADY | 4 | With 46-Across, "A Star Is Born" singer/actress who was nominated for Oscars for Best Actress and for Best Original Song |
| 37% | THEWHALE | 8 | 2023 Oscar nominated film with Brendan Fraser |
| 36% | BALI | 4 | With 36 Down, ''South Pacific'' song |
| 35% | COCO | 4 | Pixar film with the song "Remember Me" |
| 35% | GEORGEM | 7 | With 53 Down, Cagney's Oscar role |
| 35% | BABE | 4 | 1995 Oscar-nominated animatronics film |
| 35% | SOVIET | 6 | With 49-Down, bygone alliance |
| 35% | BETA | 4 | With 49-Down, early tryout |
| 35% | INNER | 5 | With 49-Down, personal struggle |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | With 49-Down, "The Firm" actor |
| 34% | ABBA | 4 | With 49-Down, former Israeli statesman |
| 34% | THE | 3 | With 49-Down, interest rate setter |
| 34% | JOAQUIN | 7 | With 40-Down, Oscar-nominated player of 17-Across |
| 34% | THRILLER | 8 | Michael Jackson song with a zombie theme |
| 34% | IONE | 4 | With 49-Down, "Say Anything" co-star |
| 34% | NERD | 4 | With 49-Down, shout after geeking out |
| 33% | BRYANADAMS | 10 | Singer with an Oscar-nominated song from "Robin Hood" |
| 33% | COCO | 4 | 2017 Pixar film with the song "Remember Me" |
| 33% | UMBRELLA | 8 | Hit song by Rihanna with a weather theme |
| 33% | ARLO | 4 | 1968 album with the song "John Looked Down" |
| 33% | WON | 3 | With 49-Down, order at a Chinese restaurant |
| 33% | ANG | 3 | With 49-Down, director of "Life of Pi" |
| 33% | IMNOT | 5 | With 49-Across, song that won 14-Across his Best Country Song Grammy: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MANIAC | 6 | Oscar-nominated "Flashdance" song |
| 32% | WHOS | 4 | With 49-Down, "Time for someone else's turn" |