| 100% | JANELYNCH | 9 | "Glee" costar who played the main character's mother in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 73% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | 34-Across costar who plays the former flame of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LESLIEJONES | 11 | Actress who plays the mother of Prince Akeem's son in "Coming 2 America": 2 wds. |
| 43% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | Actor who plays the character of Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 action film in which 15-Across plays the girlfriend of Ansel Elgort's character: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LESLIEJONES | 11 | "Ghostbusters" actress who plays the mother of Prince Akeem's son in "Coming 2 America": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Overboard" actress who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" actress who voiced the title character's mother in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SUTTONFOSTER | 12 | "Younger" actress who played Princess Winnifred in the 2024 Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress": 2 wds. |
| 43% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actress who plays the title character's mom in 33-/49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WALTERMATTHAU | 13 | "The Bad News Bears" actor who played the love interest of Barbra Streisand's character in 1969's "Hello, Dolly!": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | Actor from "Forrest Gump", who plays the wife of the character played by 18-Across in "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 42% | PATTILUPONE | 11 | Star of Broadway's "Evita" who plays the witch Lilia Calderu in "Agatha All Along": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays the queen mother of Wakanda in "Black Panther": 2 wds. |
| 42% | FAYEDUNAWAY | 11 | "Network" actress who played the fiancée of Paul Newman's architect character in "The Towering Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MANDYPATINKIN | 13 | "The Princess Bride" actor who played the love interest of Barbra Streisand's character in 1983's "Yentl": 2 wds. |
| 41% | PETERDINKLAGE | 13 | "Game of Thrones" actor who plays the title character in "The Toxic Avenger": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SUSIEESSMAN | 11 | Actress who plays the foul-mouthed wife of the main character's manager Jeff on "Curb Your Enthusiasm": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALISTROKER | 10 | Actress who won a Tony for her role as Ado Annie in the 2019 Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "The Sting" actor who played the love interest of Barbra Streisand's character in 1973's "The Way We Were": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LAURENAMBROSE | 13 | Actress of "Six Feet Under" who played the role of Eliza Doolittle in the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SUSANSARANDON | 13 | Actress who played Louise, one of the title characters on the run in 1991's "Thelma & Louise": 2 wds. |
| 41% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays Slim, one of the title characters on the run in 2019's "Queen & Slim": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CHERYLHINES | 11 | Actress who plays the main character's ex-wife on "Curb Your Enthusiasm": 2 wds. |