| 100% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | Writer/director of "Us" and "Get Out": 2 wds. |
| 78% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | Writer, director, and producer of "Get Out" and "Us" (2 wds.) |
| 67% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Chi-Raq" and "He Got Game": 2 wds. |
| 62% | PEELE | 5 | Director of "Get Out" and "Us" |
| 62% | GOFREE | 6 | Get out of jail: 2 wds. |
| 61% | STANDSUP | 8 | Gets out of a chair: 2 wds. |
| 61% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman": 2 wds. |
| 58% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director of "Valentine's Day" and "New Year's Eve": 2 wds. |
| 58% | TIMBURTON | 9 | Director of the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 57% | FRANKDARABONT | 13 | Director of "The Mist" and "The Green Mile" who developed 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Get out of dodge (2 wds.) |
| 55% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | Director of "The Social Network" and "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 55% | NEILLBLOMKAMP | 13 | South African-Canadian director of 2013's "Elysium" and 2009's "District 9": 2 wds. |
| 54% | NORAEPHRON | 10 | Writer, director and producer of "You've Got Mail" |
| 54% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of 2017's "Lady Bird" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | PEELE | 5 | "Get Out" and "Us" writer/director Jordan |
| 53% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 53% | FORDCOPPOLA | 11 | Francis ___, Oscar-winning director of "The Godfather" whose father and daughter have also won the award: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ARISE | 5 | Get ___ out of (provoke anger in): 2 wds. |
| 52% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | Australian director of 19- and 33-Across who's known for films with pop music soundtracks: 2 wds. |
| 52% | INOR | 4 | "Get ___ get out!": 2 wds. |
| 52% | EDGARWRIGHT | 11 | Director of the "Cornetto Trilogy" and 2025's "The Running Man" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | FREDZINNEMANN | 13 | Director of "High Noon" (who won two Oscars, for directing "A Man for All Seasons" and "From Here to Eternity"): 2 wds. |
| 51% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who stars in "The Last O.G." as Tray, who just got out of prison: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ALOT | 4 | "You must not get out ___": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Director of "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOHNSINGLETON | 13 | Director of 18-Across and 40-Across who passed away in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 50% | IVANREITMAN | 11 | Director of "Father's Day": 2 wds. |