| 100% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |
| 74% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "The Martian" actor who plays a master of the mystical arts in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | Actor who plays the Sorcerer Supreme in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 55% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 54% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JEREMYPIVEN | 11 | "Entourage" actor who plays a tech innovator in the new CBS drama "Wisdom of the Crowd": 2 wds. |
| 53% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays a surgeon in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BENMENDELSOHN | 13 | Actor who plays the character of Talos, a shape shifting Skrull leader in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ZACHARYGORDON | 13 | Child actor who played 40-Across in the first three "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | Actor who plays the character of Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays Mr. Wickfield in "The Personal History of David Copperfield" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | "The Godfather" actor who played 41-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ALANRITCHSON | 12 | "Reacher" actor who plays the father of a critically ill girl in "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | JOELGREY | 8 | Singer/actor who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing the Master of Ceremonies in the 1972 film "Cabaret" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JEREMYSTRONG | 12 | "Succession" actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony for "An Enemy of the People": 2 wds. |
| 49% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JONATHANPRYCE | 13 | "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor who played a Bond villain in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies": 2 wds. |
| 49% | MICHAELCERA | 11 | "Barbie" actor who plays the head of a viral marketing firm in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | PETERFONDA | 10 | Actor who is the son of legendary actor Henry, famous for playing the villain in "Once Upon a Time in the West": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Silence of the Lambs" actor who played a butler in "The Remains of the Day": 2 wds. |
| 49% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | Actress who plays Dr. Christine Palmer in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness": 2 wds. |
| 49% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | "Beverly Hills Cop" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Vampire in Brooklyn": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LESLIENIELSEN | 13 | "Airplane!" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Dracula: Dead and Loving It": 2 wds. |
| 48% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" actor who played a ghost in the 1990 movie "Ghost": 2 wds. |