| 100% | EPPS | 4 | "Dolemite Is My Name" actor Mike |
| 80% | CRAIG | 5 | "Dolemite Is My Name" actor Robinson |
| 79% | KEY | 3 | "Dolemite Is My Name" actor Keegan-Michael ___ |
| 79% | RON | 3 | "Dolemite Is My Name" actor ___ Cephas Jones |
| 72% | RONCEPHASJONES | 14 | "Dolemite Is My Name" actor who plays Leander "Shreve" Scoville on "Truth Be Told" (3 wds.) |
| 63% | EDDIE | 5 | "Dolemite Is My Name" star Murphy |
| 53% | THEHUMANTORNADO | 15 | '76 movie starring Rudy Ray Moore who Eddie Murphy portrayed last year in "Dolemite Is My Name" |
| 52% | LEE | 3 | "My Name Is Earl" actor Jason |
| 52% | LEE | 3 | "My Name Is Earl" actor Jason ___ |
| 50% | LEGION | 6 | My name is __ for we are many |
| 49% | ARAM | 4 | Saroyan's My Name Is ___ |
| 48% | DOLEMITE | 8 | "___ Is My Name," 2019 biographical film starring Eddie Murphy as a filmmaker |
| 47% | DANGER | 6 | "___ is my middle name" (apt boast for 1 Across) |
| 47% | EMINEM | 6 | Lose Yourself, Stan and My Name Is rapper |
| 47% | KITDEWAAL | 9 | English author who wrote My Name Is Leon |
| 47% | DAE | 3 | "Always Be My Maybe" actor Daniel ___ Kim |
| 47% | KIM | 3 | "Always Be My Maybe" actor Daniel Dae ___ |
| 46% | INIGO | 5 | "My name is ___ Montoya. You killed my father ... " |
| 46% | INIGO | 5 | "My name is __ Montoya. You killed my father ... " |
| 46% | KEEL | 4 | Actor-singer whose real name was Leek |
| 46% | MRT | 3 | Actor whose original name was Laurence Tureaud |
| 46% | PROSEPOETRY | 11 | "Charlie Hustle is my name / I am banned from Hall of Fame," e.g.? |
| 45% | VIN | 3 | Actor Diesel whose real name is Mark Sinclair |
| 44% | RAINN | 5 | Actor Wilson whose name is fitting for streaming services? |
| 44% | OLIVIER | 7 | Actor for whom the London theater award is named |
| 44% | JASONLEE | 8 | "My Name Is Earl" actor who plays the president's brother on "The Residence": 2 wds. |
| 44% | NAME | 4 | "Dolemite Is My ___" (Eddie Murphy movie) |
| 43% | OSRIC | 5 | Actor Chau whose name is also a character in "Hamlet" |
| 43% | MRT | 3 | Actor whose name is appropriate to appear in this puzzle |
| 43% | STEWART | 7 | What is actor Stewart Granger's family name? |