| 100% | XOLOMARIDUENA | 13 | "Parenthood" costar who plays 18-Across/42-Across in a 2023 film: 2 wds. |
| 61% | REARWINDOW | 10 | Hitchcock film in which 18-Across plays a woman who helps her wheelchair-bound boyfriend solve a murder: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 60% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 59% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who played 19-Across in a 1996 film: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 57% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who plays 43-Across in a 1996 film (2 wds.) |
| 57% | REXHARRISON | 11 | "My Fair Lady" actor who played 53-Across in a 1967 film (2 wds.) |
| 56% | HARVEYKORMAN | 12 | Costar of 39-Across who played a villain in "Blazing Saddles": 2 wds. |
| 56% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 56% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Oscar-winning actor who played 43-Across in a 1997 TV film (2 wds.) |
| 54% | JAMESDAY | 8 | ___ Keith, actor who plays Benny in the 2023 film "Champions": 2 wds. |
| 53% | JEANHAGEN | 9 | "The Danny Thomas Show" costar who played a vain actress in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 53% | DREAMSCENARIO | 13 | 2023 film starring 18-Across, 41-Across, and Julianne Nicholson about a college professor who becomes famous when he starts appearing to random people in their sleep (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Split" and "Glass" actress who plays 43-Across in a 2020 film (3 wds.) |
| 53% | RUTHWILSON | 10 | English actress who plays Jane Eyre in a 2006 Susanna White film (2 wds.) |
| 52% | EIZAGONZALEZ | 12 | "Hobbs & Shaw" actress who plays a Navy diver turned supersoldier in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | "Iron Man" actor who plays 53-Across in a 2020 film (3 wds.) |
| 52% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 52% | VINDIESEL | 9 | "The Fast and Furious" actor who plays a Marine turned supersoldier in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | 34-Across costar who plays a defense contractor with a romantic conflict: 2 wds. |
| 52% | REXHARRISON | 11 | "My Fair Lady" actor who played Doctor Dolittle in a 1967 film: 2 wds. |
| 52% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | HAYLEYATWELL | 12 | "Agent Carter" actress who plays 18-Across's wife Evelyn in "Christopher Robin": 2 wds. |
| 51% | MICHAELMURRAY | 13 | Chad ____, the actor who plays 18-Across in "One Tree Hill": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ZACHARYGORDON | 13 | Child actor who played 40-Across in the first three "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films (2 wds.) |