| 100% | BERKELEY | 8 | With 50-Across, cartoonist who created "Bloom County" |
| 53% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 48% | CHRISTINA | 9 | With 50-Across, actress who's a crossword fan |
| 47% | JIMDAVIS | 8 | Cartoonist who created Garfield |
| 47% | ECSEGAR | 7 | Cartoonist who created Popeye |
| 46% | SIMU | 4 | With 50-Across, actor who plays Shang-Chi in Marvel films |
| 46% | CAPP | 4 | Cartoonist who created Fearless Fosdick |
| 46% | CAPP | 4 | Cartoonist who created General Bullmoose |
| 45% | SCOTTADAMS | 10 | Cartoonist who created "Dilbert": 2 wds. |
| 45% | CHARLESSCHULZ | 13 | Cartoonist who created Snoopy and Woodstock |
| 45% | STAN | 4 | With 50-Across, saxophonist who won a Grammy for "The Girl From Ipanema" |
| 45% | LUDWIGVAN | 9 | With 50-Across, composer who completed nine symphonies, including the "Eroica": 2 wds. |
| 45% | NAST | 4 | Cartoonist who created the Tammany Hall tiger |
| 45% | MORTWALKER | 10 | Cartoonist who created "Beetle Bailey": 2 wds. |
| 45% | REGSMYTHE | 9 | Cartoonist who created the strip Andy Capp |
| 44% | NAST | 4 | Cartoonist who created the G.O.P. elephant |
| 44% | WES | 3 | With 50 Across, moviedom's "Sultan of Shock" |
| 44% | PRIVATE | 7 | With 50-Across, former Kate Walsh medical drama created and produced by 32-/34-Across |
| 43% | KEANE | 5 | Cartoonist who created Billy, Dolly, Jeffy and P.J. |
| 42% | MAXFLEISCHER | 12 | Cartoonist who created characters Koko the Clown and Betty Boop |
| 42% | PEYO | 4 | One-named Belgian cartoonist who created the Smurfs |
| 42% | LOW | 3 | David —, cartoonist who created the character Colonel Blimp |
| 42% | GARYLARSON | 10 | US cartoonist who created The Far Side series |
| 42% | EDDIE | 5 | With 50-Across, "The Theory of Everything" actor who plays weather scientist James Glaisher in 30-Across |
| 42% | PENELOPEANN | 11 | With 50-Across, "Carlito's Way" actress who plays the First Lady in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GARGOYLESWITH | 13 | With 50 Across, the least-ordered dish at Quasimodo's Restaurant? |
| 41% | COLIN | 5 | With 50-Across, actor who had a bit part in "That Thing You Do!" alongside his father Tom |
| 41% | MAE | 3 | With 50-Across, actress who quipped, "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before" |
| 41% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 50-Across, "A Beautiful Mind" actress who plays bar owner Penelope "Penny" Benjamin in "Top Gun: Maverick" |