| 100% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" star who plays Elijah Price (Mr. Glass) in "Glass": 3 wds. |
| 64% | SAMUELL | 7 | With 31-Across, actor who played Elijah Price, aka Mr. Glass, in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays an assassin in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 3 wds. |
| 50% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Snakes on a Plane" actor who played criminal Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction": 3 wds. |
| 50% | TARAJIPHENSON | 13 | "Empire" star who plays physicist Katherine Johnson in "Hidden Figures": 3 wds. |
| 48% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays Ray Arnold in 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 48% | HARRYSHUMJR | 11 | "Glee" star who plays Charlie in "Crazy Rich Asians": 3 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays crime boss John Gotti in "Gotti": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Die Hard" star who plays David Dunn (The Overseer) in "Glass": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOHNMCENROE | 11 | Tennis star who played himself in "Mr. Deeds": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays loan shark Chili Palmer in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | AMANDAPLUMMER | 13 | "Pulp Fiction" actress who plays Louise in "Ratched": 2 wds. |
| 43% | HARVEYKEITEL | 12 | "The Irishman" actor who played "cleaner" Winston Wolfe in "Pulp Fiction" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who received an honorary Oscar in 2021: 3 wds. |
| 43% | UMATHURMAN | 10 | "Pulp Fiction" actress who stars in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HARVEYKEITEL | 12 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who starred in "The Piano": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "The Avengers" actor who played hit man Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ROCKOFAGES | 10 | A musical comedy-drama in which Tom Cruise plays a self-indulgent rock star who plays for a band named "Arsenal": 3 wds |
| 43% | KATEBECKINSALE | 14 | "Alice Through the Looking Glass" star who plays Lady Susan in "Love & Friendship," a film based Jane Austen's "Lady Susan" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TARAJIPHENSON | 13 | Actress who plays Cookie on "Empire" and stars in 28-Across (3 wds.) |
| 42% | JAMIELEECURTIS | 14 | "Freaky Friday" star who plays Cathy on "Scream Queens": 3 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | "Saturday Night Fever" actor who played criminal Vincent Vega in "Pulp Fiction": 2 wds. |
| 42% | IDINAMENZEL | 11 | "Frozen" star who plays Vivian, Cinderella's stepmother, in "Cinderella" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MIKETYSON | 9 | Boxing star who played himself in "The Hangover": 2 wds. |
| 41% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" star who played 30-Across in a 1994 docudrama: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "La La Land" star who played the unnamed driver in "Drive" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ALANARKIN | 9 | "The Kominsky Method" star who played Grandpa in "Little Miss Sunshine" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CHRISROCK | 9 | "Grown Ups" star who played Rufus, the thirteenth apostle, in "Dogma": 2 wds. |
| 41% | PATRICKWILSON | 13 | "The Commuter" star who plays Ocean Master in "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GEORGECSCOTT | 12 | Actor who played Gen. Buck Turgidson in 32-Across: 3 wds. |