| 100% | SHARONSTONE | 11 | "Basic Instinct" star (who complements 18-Across?) |
| 55% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" star who voices 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOSHUAJACKSON | 13 | "Fringe" star who plays 18-Across's husband on "The Affair": 2 wds. |
| 48% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Gravity" actor who starred in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | IAINARMITAGE | 12 | Child actor who stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "Dangerous Liaisons" actor who stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALYSSA | 6 | ___ Thompson, U.S. soccer star who made her World Cup debut at 18 |
| 44% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | "Blue Jasmine" Oscar winner who stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 32-Across, pop star who turned 18 in 2012 |
| 43% | WANDASYKES | 10 | Comic actress who stars on 18-Across as Regina's sister Lucretia: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JULIANNEHOUGH | 13 | "Dancing With the Stars" judge who costars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OPTIMIST | 8 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues |
| 41% | TOBEYMAGUIRE | 12 | Film star who played 115-Across |
| 41% | WILLEMDAFOE | 11 | Film star who played 38-Across |
| 40% | JULIANMCMAHON | 13 | "Nip/Tuck" actor who stars as Jess LaCroix on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KEVINKLINE | 10 | "A Fish Called Wanda" Oscar winner who stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TED | 3 | Actor Danson who starred on 1-Across |
| 40% | KEANUREEVES | 11 | Star of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EVE | 3 | 18 Across resident |
| 39% | THEUNICORN | 10 | CBS sitcom starring 18-Across and 33-Across about a recently widowed father who re-enters the dating scene (2 wds.) |
| 39% | KRISTENSTEWART | 14 | "Twilight" star who plays Sabina in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BENHUR | 6 | 1959 movie starring 17- and 18-Across |
| 39% | PLANETOFTHEAPES | 15 | 1968 movie starring 17- and 18-Across |
| 39% | ELCID | 5 | 1961 movie starring 17- and 18-Across |
| 38% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LEBRON | 6 | TikTok star Jools who claims to be very mindful and very 18-Across |
| 38% | EJIOFOR | 7 | Actor Chiwetel who stars as 14-/18-Across in "12 Years a Slave" |
| 38% | RICHARDGERE | 11 | "Chicago" star who played Edward Lewis in 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TOMHARDY | 8 | "Venom: The Last Dance" star who also stars in 3-Down, 9-Down, 18-Down, and 31-Down (2 wds.) |