| 100% | MARAWILSON | 10 | "Matilda" star who voices The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, a character on 15-/51-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | MARA | 4 | Wilson who voices the Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, on “Welcome to Night Vale” |
| 48% | WILWHEATON | 10 | "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor who voices amnesiac chef Earl Harlan, a character on 15-/51-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KATHYGRIFFIN | 12 | "My Life on the D-List" star who won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 35% | KUMAILNANJIANI | 14 | "The Big Sick" star who voices Mack Mallard in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EMILYBLUNT | 10 | "The Girl on the Train" star who plays the title character in "Mary Poppins Returns": 2 wds. |
| 34% | KATHYGRIFFIN | 12 | "My Life on the D-List" star who received the GLAAD Vanguard Award in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | IDRISELBA | 9 | "Luther" star who voiced the tiger Shere Khan in 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who voiced Rango, a heroic green chameleon in the Old West: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CARROLLOCONNOR | 14 | Actor who starred on "All in the Family," a Norman Lear sitcom: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LUCYRICARDO | 11 | Star-struck sitcom character who accidentally knocks a pie into the face of 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ANGIEDICKINSON | 14 | Actress who starred as a cop on the 1974-1978 series "Police Woman": 2 wds. |
| 33% | CLARKSTORY | 10 | "The Ron ___," 2006 film starring Matthew Perry based on a real life educator who leaves his hometown to teach in a New York City public school: 2 wds. |
| 33% | YAPHETKOTTO | 11 | "Homicide: Life on the Street" actor who plays a Foster Grant-wearing FBI agent in 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | WENDELLPIERCE | 13 | "The Wire" actor who starred in "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MANDYMOORE | 10 | "I See the Light" singer who voiced Tabitha Vixx in "The Simpsons" episode, "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play": 2 wds. |
| 33% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Character who has the title role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JAMESCORDEN | 11 | "The Late Late Show" host who voices the title character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | KARENFUKUHARA | 13 | "Suicide Squad" actress who voices the title character in 14-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RODDYPIPER | 10 | Rowdy ___, a wrestler who went on to play the lead role in the cult classic "They Live": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ASHOE | 5 | "... old woman who lived in ___": 2 wds. |
| 32% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer who was once a Fly Girl on "In Living Color": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" actress who voiced the title character's mother in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DARIUSRUCKER | 12 | Hootie and the Blowfish lead singer who's getting a Recording star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DAWSONSCREEK | 12 | Classic high-school drama series on the WB whose title character lives near a stream in Capeside, Massachusetts: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | Actor who had a song from "A Star Is Born" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | "The Godfather" actor who starred in the 1989 miniseries based on 14-Across: 2 wds. |