| 100% | HURRICANECARTER | 15 | Wrongfully imprisoned boxer who's the subject of a Dylan song |
| 68% | RETRACENACIRRUH | 15 | Exonerated boxer who is the subject of a Bob Dylan song |
| 53% | TUT | 3 | King who's the subject of a song by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons |
| 52% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who was the subject of a recent commemorative issue of Time |
| 48% | ALEX | 4 | Trebek who's the subject of a 2024 Forever stamp |
| 47% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman who was the subject of a Fall Out Boy song |
| 45% | ENO | 3 | Brian who's the subject of a documentary that's different every time it's screened |
| 45% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Ms. magazine cofounder who's the subject of a new biographical film: 2 wds. |
| 44% | VANGOGH | 7 | Dutch painter who's the subject of the Don McLean song "Vincent" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Subject of a children's song associated with the vowels in the answer to each starred clue |
| 42% | KATE | 4 | Middleton who was the subject of a disappearance conspiracy |
| 42% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 42% | MODEL | 5 | Person who's often the subject of a photo shoot |
| 42% | SAMUELALITO | 11 | Nominee who was the subject of a 2006 filibuster attempt |
| 40% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Classic author who was the subject of a 1952 film musical |
| 40% | PAMELA | 6 | Actress Anderson who was the subject of a 2023 Netflix documentary |
| 40% | NYAD | 4 | Swimmer Diana who was the subject of a 2023 bio-pic |
| 40% | BALDWIN | 7 | Alec who was the subject of a Spike TV roast on July 9, 2017 |
| 39% | JAKE | 4 | Boxer LaMotta who was the subject of the movie "Raging Bull" |
| 39% | SPAM | 4 | Food that's the subject of a museum in Austin, Minn. |
| 39% | AMBERGRIS | 9 | Secretion that's the subject of a chapter in Moby-Dick |
| 39% | TASSO | 5 | Italian poet who was the subject of a Goethe play and a Donizetti opera |
| 39% | ROGET | 5 | Subject of the 2007 biography subtitled "The Man Who Became a Book" |
| 39% | ELTON | 5 | John who's the subject of 2019's "Rocketman" |
| 38% | LYNDON | 6 | Johnson that's the subject of a museum at the University of Texas |
| 38% | GERTRUDESTEIN | 13 | Pittsburgh-born poet who was the subject of a Picasso portrait |
| 38% | CLINE | 5 | Patsy who's the subject of the biopic "Sweet Dreams" |
| 38% | ANNE | 4 | Queen who's the subject of 2018's "The Favourite" |
| 38% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | Actress who's the subject of 54-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TEENA | 5 | Brandon who's the subject of "Boys Don't Cry" |