| 100% | GLENNCLOSE | 10 | "Fatal Attraction" actress who played Iris Gaines, Roy Hobbs's girlfriend, in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "The Sting" actor who played Roy Hobbs in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HAYLEYATWELL | 12 | "Agent Carter" actress who plays 18-Across's wife Evelyn in "Christopher Robin": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GLENNCLOSE | 10 | Actress who played Alex Forrest, the "other woman," in "Fatal Attraction": 2 wds. |
| 46% | DAKOTAJOHNSON | 13 | Actress who will play Anastasia Steele in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANNEARCHER | 10 | Actress who played Beth Gallagher, the wife, in "Fatal Attraction": 2 wds. |
| 45% | GLENN | 5 | With 27-Across, "Fatal Attraction" actress who plays Dr. Scott in "Swan Song": 2 wds. |
| 45% | LIVTYLER | 8 | "Armageddon" actress who played the lead singer's girlfriend Faye in 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ROSIEPEREZ | 10 | "White Men Can't Jump" actress who played Mookie's girlfriend Tina in "Do the Right Thing": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MIASARA | 7 | Actress who plays Ferris's girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LILYJAMES | 9 | "Downton Abbey" actress who plays Deborah, Baby's girlfriend in "Baby Driver": 2 wds. |
| 43% | OPRAHWINFREY | 12 | "The Color Purple" actress who plays Gloria Gaines (the butler's wife) in "The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 43% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actress who plays the title character's mom in 33-/49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CINDYWILLIAMS | 13 | "Laverne & Shirley" actress who played Steve's girlfriend, Laurie Henderson, in "American Graffiti" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | KRYSTENRITTER | 13 | "Jessica Jones" actress who plays Lucy in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JUNESQUIBB | 10 | Actress who plays Woody's wife Kate in "Nebraska": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JANELLEMONAE | 12 | Actress who played Chiron's maternal figure Teresa in "Moonlight": 2 wds. |
| 41% | NAOMIEHARRIS | 12 | Actress who played Chiron's biological mother Paula in "Moonlight": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANNAPAQUIN | 10 | Actress who played Sookie Stackhouse in HBO's "True Blood": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ELLIEKEMPER | 11 | Actress who plays the lead role in 12-/24-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JESSICAALBA | 11 | Actress who played an exotic dancer in 2005's "Sin City": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARISATOMEI | 11 | Actress who played an exotic dancer in 2008's "The Wrestler": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Interstellar" actress who plays Daphne in "Ocean's 8": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LESLIEJONES | 11 | Actress who plays the mother of Prince Akeem's son in "Coming 2 America": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LAURALINNEY | 11 | Actress who played an assistant district attorney in 1996's "Primal Fear": 2 wds. |
| 41% | KELLYMCGILLIS | 13 | Actress who played an assistant district attorney in 1988's "The Accused": 2 wds. |
| 41% | KATIEHOLMES | 11 | Actress who played an assistant district attorney in 2005's "Batman Begins": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GRACEKELLY | 10 | Actress who played a socialite in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder": 2 wds. |