| 100% | PATTILABELLE | 12 | "New Attitude" singer who plays Carlotta's mother on "Star": 2 wds. |
| 67% | BRANDYNORWOOD | 13 | "The Boy Is Mine" singer who plays Carlotta's sister on "Star": 2 wds. |
| 53% | JANETJACKSON | 12 | Actress and singer who played the Evans family's neighbor Penny on "Good Times": 2 wds. |
| 52% | EMMYROSSUM | 10 | "Shameless" actress who plays Danny's mother on "The Crowded Room": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JESSICAWALTER | 13 | "Archer" actress who played Michael Bluth's mother Lucille on "Arrested Development": 2 wds. |
| 51% | PATTILABELLE | 12 | "New Attitude" singer who was the Flower on season 2 of "The Masked Singer": 2 wds. |
| 51% | MAISIEWILLIAMS | 14 | Actress who played Christian Dior's sister on Apple TV+'s "The New Look": 2 wds. |
| 50% | QUEENLATIFAH | 12 | "U.N.I.T.Y." rapper who plays Carlotta on "Star": 2 wds. |
| 50% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Grammy-winning country star who plays a singer on 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | EARTHAKITT | 10 | "Santa Baby" singer who played Catwoman on three episodes of TV's "Batman" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | LAURENGRAHAM | 12 | "Parenthood" actress who played mother Lorelai on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JOSHUAJACKSON | 13 | "Fringe" star who plays 18-Across's husband on "The Affair": 2 wds. |
| 48% | DAMIANMCGINTY | 13 | Irish singer who played Rory Flanagan on "Glee" and was a member of 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | "Still Alice" star who plays Evan's mother Heidi in "Dear Evan Hansen": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JASONBATEMAN | 12 | "Ozark" star who played one of Ricky's friends on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SUSANCLARK | 10 | Actress who played the adoptive mother on the 1980s sitcom "Webster": 2 wds. |
| 48% | DARIUSRUCKER | 12 | Hootie and the Blowfish lead singer who's getting a Recording star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Singer who played Dorothy in 1978's "The Wiz": 2 wds. |
| 48% | EDIPATTERSON | 12 | "Vice Principals" actress who plays singer Judy Gemstone on "The Righteous Gemstones": 2 wds. |
| 48% | CAMILLERAZAT | 12 | Actress who plays the title character's new friend on 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SHIRLEYJONES | 12 | Stepmother of 19-Across who played his mother on "The Partridge Family": 2 wds. |
| 48% | MICHAELONTKEAN | 14 | "Slap Shot" actor who played Sheriff Harry S. Truman on "Twin Peaks": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BLYTHEDANNER | 12 | Actress who plays Will Truman's mother on "Will & Grace" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ELVISCOSTELLO | 13 | "Veronica" new wave singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DIANNEWIEST | 11 | "Bullets Over Broadway" Oscar winner who plays the mother on 29-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LUCASBLACK | 10 | "American Gothic" actor who plays Special Agent Christopher Lasalle on "NCIS: New Orleans": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JUNELOCKHART | 12 | Actress of the month who played the mother on "Lassie": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "On My Mind" singer who plays Destructa X in Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" video: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DIANAROSS | 9 | R&B singer who headlined the Essence Festival in New Orleans on June 30: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SHIRLEYJONES | 12 | Actress/singer who played the mom on "The Partridge Family": 2 wds. |