| 100% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | "Boys Don't Cry" star who played 30-Across in a 2009 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 61% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" star who played 30-Across in a 1994 docudrama: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NEELSETHI | 9 | Newcomer who played Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, in 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TERIHATCHER | 11 | "Desperate Housewives" star who played a Bond girl in "Tomorrow Never Dies": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GERARDBUTLER | 12 | "300" star who plays a Secret Service agent in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JANESEYMOUR | 11 | "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" star who played a Bond girl in "Live and Let Die": 2 wds. |
| 46% | DIANATAURASI | 12 | Phoenix Mercury star who plays a Goon Squad member in "Space Jam: A New Legacy": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JAMIGERTZ | 9 | "Twister" actress who played Michael's love interest Star in "The Lost Boys": 2 wds. |
| 45% | DAMIANLILLARD | 13 | Portland Trail Blazers star who plays a Goon Squad member in "Space Jam: A New Legacy": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANTHONYDAVIS | 12 | Los Angeles Lakers star who plays a Goon Squad member in "Space Jam: A New Legacy": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 45% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 45% | KRISTENSTEWART | 14 | "Twilight" star who plays Sabina in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TOMMYKIRK | 9 | "Old Yeller" actor who played Wilby Daniels as a boy in 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LIONELMESSI | 11 | Argentine soccer star who left a French club to play for Inter Miami in 2023: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BETTYBUCKLEY | 12 | "Eight Is Enough" star who played Mac's ex-wife in 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Die Hard" star who plays the original G.I. Joe in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | KYRASEDGWICK | 12 | "The Closer" star who plays producer/mom Jane Sadler in 17-/37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "A Beautiful Mind" star who plays the father in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 44% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Grammy-winning country star who plays a singer on 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GENEKELLY | 9 | "Brigadoon" actor who played a silent film star moving into talkies in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 44% | DAVIDBECKHAM | 12 | English soccer star who left a Spanish club to play for the LA Galaxy in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MICHAELEALY | 11 | "Barbershop" star who plays Dorian, the main android cop in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOELEDGERTON | 12 | "Zero Dark Thirty" star who plays the head therapist in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | "Still Alice" Oscar winner who plays 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JONAHHILL | 9 | "Moneyball" actor who plays himself in 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |