| 100% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Writer buried in 15-Across who wrote a poem that inspired 47-Across' team name: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ALANTUDYK | 9 | 15-Across, 19-Across, 42-Across, and 47-Across actor who voices a rooster named Heihei in "Moana" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WALKONBY | 8 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 3 wds. |
| 33% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | Actor who played Samuel Gerard, the man who leads a team of U.S. Marshals in 18a: 3 wds. |
| 32% | GKCHESTERTON | 12 | British novelist who wrote the stories that inspired the "Father Brown" TV series (3 wds.) |
| 32% | REALSALTLAKE | 12 | MLS team based in Utah that is a member of MLS Western Conference: 3 wds. |
| 32% | RUSSIANDOLL | 11 | Emmy-nominated Netflix series starring 15-Across as a software engineer named Nadia who is caught in a time loop (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NEWYORKJETS | 11 | Team that scored a huge upset in 1969 when it defeated the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III: 3 wds. |
| 32% | KNICKERS | 8 | Loose fitting pants that inspired a NYC team name |
| 31% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 31% | CURLYMCLAIN | 11 | Cowboy who sings "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" in 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | THERAVEN | 8 | Poem that inspired an N.F.L. team name |
| 31% | CHARLIEDAY | 10 | "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" actor who plays a detective in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JAMESBDONOVAN | 13 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2005 historical drama "Bridge of Spies" which was inspired by a real-life lawyer named ___: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ROCKOFAGES | 10 | A musical comedy-drama in which Tom Cruise plays a self-indulgent rock star who plays for a band named "Arsenal": 3 wds |
| 31% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction, and wrote the poem, "The Raven": 3 wds. |
| 31% | TAMPABAYRAYS | 12 | AL East squad that is the only MLB team that plays their home games in a fixed-roof stadium: 3 wds. |
| 31% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1987 film "The Untouchables": 3 wds. |
| 30% | HALLOFFAME | 10 | Sports museum in Springfield, Massachusetts that's named for 33-Across: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ROUGHANDREADY | 13 | Census-designated place in Nevada County, California, named after a mining company that first settled in the area in 1849: 3 wds. |
| 30% | LISAANNWALTER | 13 | "Bruce Almighty" actress who plays a teacher and ally of 15-Across: 3 wds. |
| 30% | THEMIGHTYDUCKS | 14 | 1990s film trilogy in which 15-Across played a young hockey player: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 30% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 35-Across, subtitle of 15-Across that is also the title of a 2017 romance film: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DICKVANDYKE | 11 | Actor who played Bert, a singing and dancing chimney sweep, in 39-Across: 3 wds. |
| 30% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |