| 100% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 8-Across, comic named one of Time's "100 most influential people" in 2006 |
| 70% | LEA | 3 | Actress Michele who was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2023 |
| 46% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Emma Watson as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 |
| 42% | MESSI | 5 | International athlete who twice made Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world |
| 40% | JANE | 4 | Goodall, listed in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2019 |
| 37% | PELE | 4 | Athlete on Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century |
| 37% | BOOBY | 5 | With 127 Across, one of many devices thwarting the burglars in "Home Alone" |
| 37% | ADELE | 5 | "Hello" singer named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017 |
| 36% | KEKE | 4 | "Scream Queens" actress ___ Palmer named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017 |
| 36% | ANNA | 4 | "Veep" Emmy nominee ___ Chlumsky named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017 |
| 36% | SHAY | 4 | "Pretty Little Liars" actress ___ Mitchell named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017 |
| 36% | JENNABUSH | 9 | "Today" correspondent ___ Hager named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NINA | 4 | "The Vampire Diaries" star ___ Dobrev named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017 |
| 36% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "Fences" Oscar winner named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RUBY | 4 | "John Wick: Chapter 2" actress ___ Rose named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017 |
| 36% | MANDYMOORE | 10 | "This Is Us" actress named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 35% | BART | 4 | First name of the only fictional character in Time's list of the 100 Most Important People of the Century |
| 35% | VOLODYMYR | 9 | With 27 Across, Time's Person of the Year of 2022 |
| 34% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | Only person in the arts ever to be named Time's Person of the Year |
| 34% | DIANAROSS | 9 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" singer named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EARLY | 5 | With 8-Across, person who's awake at the crack of dawn |
| 33% | RABBI | 5 | One of three people walking into a bar, in many a joke |
| 32% | NAOMI | 5 | ___ Smalls, named last year as one of New York magazine's top 100 Most Powerful Drag Queens in America |
| 32% | ESTREATS | 8 | Latino star once named one of "The 10 sexiest bachelors in the world" by People magazine |
| 32% | ETHAN | 5 | Name hidden across more than one word in this clue |
| 31% | DIE | 3 | One of many in 17-Across |
| 31% | LOSE | 4 | What people do in casinos most of the time |
| 31% | CARGO | 5 | With 8-Across, bit of attire with many pockets |
| 31% | ICE | 3 | With 8-Across, appliance in many a hotel hallway |