| 100% | STALLONE | 8 | "Creed" actor Sylvester |
| 73% | SLY | 3 | Actor Sylvester Stallone's nickname |
| 73% | STALLONE | 8 | Actor Sylvester ___ of "Rocky" fame |
| 68% | STALLONE | 8 | Actor Sylvester who starred in the "Rocky" films |
| 66% | STALLONE | 8 | Tough-guy actor Sylvester ___, star of "Rocky" |
| 64% | STALLONE | 8 | Sylvester ___, actor who earned 2 Oscar nominations for playing Rocky Balboa, in "Rocky" and "Creed" |
| 64% | CARL | 4 | Actor Weathers who played Apollo Creed |
| 62% | ARI | 3 | Actor Stidham who plays Sylvester on "Scorpion" |
| 57% | CARL | 4 | Actor Weathers who played Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" films |
| 56% | STALLONE | 8 | Sylvester —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Rocky |
| 52% | STALLONE | 8 | Sylvester ___, actor who spent time working as a physical education teacher in Switzerland |
| 52% | SLY | 3 | Nickname for the lead actor in the Rocky series, Sylvester Stallone |
| 51% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | "Black Panther" actor who plays Adonis Creed in "Creed II": 3 wds. |
| 50% | CREED | 5 | 2015 film for which Sylvester Stallone was nominated for Best Supporting Actor |
| 49% | MCCOY | 5 | Sylvester —, actor who played The Doctor in BBC TV series Doctor Who from 1987-89 |
| 48% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | "Black Panther" actor who plays Adonis Creed in "Creed" and "Creed II" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | "Black Panther" actor who played boxer Donnie Creed in 2015's "Creed": 3 wds. |
| 47% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | "Black Panther" actor who plays Donnie Creed in all three "Creed" films (3 wds.) |
| 47% | MCCOY | 5 | Sylvester —, actor who played the title role in BBC TV series Doctor Who from 1987-89 |
| 47% | ARISTIDHAM | 10 | "Scorpion" actor who plays Team Scorpion's Sylvester Dodd, a "human calculator": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JONATHANMAJORS | 14 | "Lovecraft Country" actor who plays Creed's rival Damien Anderson in "Creed III" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | "Creed" actor playing Killmonger in 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 45% | JOELMCHALE | 10 | "Community" actor who plays Sylvester Pemberton, the original wielder of the cosmic staff: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LISPED | 6 | Spoke like Sylvester |
| 42% | LISP | 4 | Speak like Sylvester |
| 42% | LISPS | 5 | Talks like Sylvester |
| 42% | LISPS | 5 | Speaks like Sylvester |
| 42% | HES | 3 | Garfield and Sylvester |
| 42% | CAT | 3 | Garfield or Sylvester |
| 42% | BELIEF | 6 | Creed |