| 100% | KINGOFTHE | 9 | With 50-Across, nickname of 34-Across: 3 wds. |
| 62% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 60% | ORACLEOFOMAHA | 13 | Nickname of 15-Across: 3 wds. |
| 58% | THECRIMEDOG | 11 | Canine nickname of 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 57% | SAYHEYKID | 9 | Nickname of Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, with "the": 3 wds. |
| 54% | WILDBILLHICKOK | 14 | Legendary gunslinging showman of the American frontier with a rowdy-sounding nickname: 3 wds. |
| 54% | SETFIRETO | 9 | With 50-Across, Adele single from the album "21": 3 wds. |
| 53% | AINTTOOPROUD | 12 | Tony-nominated jukebox musical about the life and times of 34-Across: 3 wds. |
| 53% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 34-Across, 2015 Drake and Future mixtape: 3 wds. |
| 52% | FRANCHISE | 9 | Nickname of 10 Across, with "The" |
| 52% | SHELOOKSSO | 10 | With 42-Across, 2014 debut single by 5 Seconds of Summer: 3 wds. |
| 52% | THEBATTLEOF | 11 | With 29-Across, subtitle of the final installment of the "Hobbit" trilogy: 3 wds. |
| 51% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | 2012 Alicia Keys song that shares its name with the nickname of Katniss in "The Hunger Games": 3 wds. |
| 51% | WES | 3 | With 50 Across, moviedom's "Sultan of Shock" |
| 50% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 35-Across, subtitle of 15-Across that is also the title of a 2017 romance film: 3 wds. |
| 48% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THINWHITEDUKE | 13 | Alter ego of 24-/36-Across known for his cabaret wardrobe, with "the": 3 wds. |
| 48% | HAREY | 5 | Initialed coauthor, with his wife Margret, of "Curious George": 3 wds. |
| 48% | THEIRONHORSE | 12 | Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 48% | SULTANOFSWAT | 12 | Hall of Famer Babe Ruth's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 48% | PEANUT | 6 | With 34 Across, seller of small snacks in shells |
| 47% | BODYLIKEA | 9 | With 48-Across, Sam Hunt song that spent 34 weeks atop the Hot Country charts in 2017: 3 wds. |
| 47% | ALAMODE | 7 | With a scoop of vanilla on top, say: 3 wds. |
| 46% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a longtime Yankee with over 3,000 hits: Hyph. |
| 46% | FAB | 3 | With 1-Across, nickname of the Beatles |
| 46% | IRONHORSE | 9 | Nickname of Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig, with "the": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MARIAVONTRAPP | 13 | "The Sound of Music" heroine, with an unusual "moving" birthplace: 3 wds. |
| 46% | RICHHOMIEQUAN | 13 | Atlanta rapper with the hit "Type of Way": 3 wds. |
| 46% | KERMITTHEFROG | 13 | Executive producer of "Up Late With Miss Piggy": 3 wds. |
| 45% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | 15-Across's 1972 #1 hit whose lyrics begin with a mention of ink and a page: 3 wds. |