| 100% | SMITH | 5 | "Men in Black" star with the self-titled 2021 autobiography "Will" |
| 47% | TAKEI | 5 | Actor whose autobiography is titled To the Stars |
| 47% | SMITH | 5 | "Men in Black" star Will ___ |
| 46% | ELWES | 5 | Actor with the title role in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" |
| 45% | KNIGHT | 6 | Man who is given the title of Sir in England |
| 45% | BRUNOTONIOLI | 12 | "Dancing with the Stars" judge who is fluent in five languages (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | 2001 biopic starring Will Smith in the title role |
| 44% | TYLER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Madea" star who received the Hersholt Award in 2021 |
| 44% | HITCH | 5 | 2005 film comedy starring Will Smith in the title role |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | 2001 sporting biopic starring Will Smith in the title role |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | Sports biopic that starred Will Smith in the title role |
| 44% | MACGRUBER | 9 | 2010 film comedy starring Will Forte in the title role |
| 44% | MEN | 3 | "___ in Black," movie series starring Will Smith based on the comic book series by Lowell Cunningham |
| 43% | SISSYSPACEK | 11 | Oscar-winning actress who starred with 29-Across in "The Old Man & the Gun" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALI | 3 | 2001 biopic starring Will Smith in the title role of a famous boxer |
| 42% | GINGERROGERS | 12 | Actress who sings the title song with co-star Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film "It Had to Be You" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JIM | 3 | With 28-Across, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" star who plays the title role in 15-Across |
| 42% | JUDAS | 5 | "___ and the Black Messiah," film starring Daniel Kaluuya that won 2 Oscars in 2021 |
| 42% | GONE | 4 | "___ with the Wind," 1939 epic historical romance film starring Clark Gable that has been re-released in theaters multiple times |
| 42% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Men in Black, Independence Day high-grossing star |
| 41% | AGASSI | 6 | Court star with the autobiography "Open" |
| 41% | AGASSI | 6 | Tennis star with the autobiography "Open" |
| 41% | WHERES | 6 | "___ the Money?" 2017 comedy starring King Bach and Kat Graham, with a question in the title |
| 41% | LAMBS | 5 | "The Silence of the ___," 1991 film starring Anthony Hopkins with bleating woolly babies in its title |
| 41% | WHOS | 4 | "___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 1966 drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, with a question in the title |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | "___ We There Yet?" 2005 family comedy starring Ice Cube, with a question in the title |
| 41% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | The Man in Black |
| 41% | MIRROR | 6 | Michael Jackson is "starting with the man in" this |
| 41% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Black head coach in the NBA (2 wds.) |