| 100% | SCOTTCAAN | 9 | "Ocean's Eleven" actor who plays Detective Jason Grant on "Alert: Missing Persons Unit": 2 wds. |
| 50% | DANIARAMIREZ | 12 | "Devious Maids" actress who plays Captain Nikki Batista on "Alert: Missing Persons Unit": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ELLIOTTGOULD | 12 | "Ocean's Eleven" actor who played Monica and Ross's father, Jack Geller, on "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MANDYPATINKIN | 13 | "Homeland" actor who played BAU Unit Chief Jason Gideon on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TONYGOLDWYN | 11 | Actor who played President Fitzgerald Grant on "Scandal": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JEREMYSISTO | 11 | Actor who played Detective Cyrus Lupo for three seasons on "Law & Order": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JERRYORBACH | 11 | Actor who played Detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 seasons on "Law & Order": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MICHAELEALY | 11 | "Barbershop" actor who plays Detective Miles Hoffman on "Stumptown": 2 wds. |
| 43% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | 30-Across actor who plays Danny Ocean in "Ocean's Eleven" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | COLINFARRELL | 12 | "Horrible Bosses" actor who plays Ray Velcoro on the latest season of "True Detective": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KEVINKLINE | 10 | "Last Vegas" actor who played Ulysses S. Grant in 1999's "Wild Wild West": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MICHAELONTKEAN | 14 | "Slap Shot" actor who played Sheriff Harry S. Truman on "Twin Peaks": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BOBDENVER | 9 | Actor who played Gilligan on "Gilligan's Island": 2 wds. |
| 41% | TAYLORKITSCH | 12 | "Friday Night Lights" actor who plays Paul Woodrugh on the latest season of "True Detective": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Ocean's Eleven" actor who played bank robber Jack Foley in 23-/35-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DEANCAIN | 8 | Actor who played Superman on TV's "Lois & Clark": 2 wds. |
| 41% | RALFLITTLE | 10 | English actor who plays Detective Inspector Neville Parker on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ARDALOHANLON | 12 | Irish actor who played Detective Inspector Jack Mooney on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KRISMARSHALL | 12 | English actor who played Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor who played Danny Ocean in the Ocean's trilogy: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | "Annie" actor who played Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MIKECONNORS | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "Mannix" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PETERFALK | 9 | Actor who played a homicide detective in Los Angeles on "Columbo" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | RICHARDSCHIFF | 13 | Actor who plays Shaun's mentor Aaron Glassman on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DAVIDSOUL | 9 | Actor who played a police detective in Southern California on "Starsky & Hutch" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | EDMUNDGWENN | 11 | Actor who played Kris Kringle in 1947's "Miracle on 34th Street": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BENSTILLER | 10 | "Zoolander" actor who played Rachel's screaming boyfriend on "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "The Rockford Files" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JOSHUAJACKSON | 13 | Actor who played Pacey on the 1998-2003 teen drama "Dawson's Creek": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOHNORTIZ | 9 | "American Fiction" actor who plays a police detective on 49-Across (2 wds.) |