| 100% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | "Rain Man" actor who played "Babe" Levy in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 79% | ROYSCHEIDER | 11 | "Jaws" actor who played "Doc" Levy in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 71% | JACKIEGLEASON | 13 | Actor who played Minnesota Fats in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 71% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 67% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "The Sting" actor who played Roy Hobbs in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 67% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | "Rain Man" actor who played Captain Hook in "Hook": 2 wds. |
| 64% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 64% | MICHAELMURRAY | 13 | Chad ____, the actor who plays 18-Across in "One Tree Hill": 2 wds. |
| 64% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | CHRISPRATT | 10 | "Jurassic World" actor who plays Jim in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | JAMIEDORNAN | 11 | Actor who will play Christian Grey in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | "The Fugitive" actor who played 18-Across's husband Doolittle in "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 62% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays Baron in "Gemini Man": 2 wds. |
| 61% | TERRENCEHOWARD | 14 | "Iron Man" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Winnie Mandela": 2 wds. |
| 61% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "First Man" actor who plays Ken in the "Barbie" movie: 2 wds. |
| 61% | CHARLIESHEEN | 12 | "Platoon" actor who played "Happy" Felsch in "Eight Men Out": 2 wds. |
| 60% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" actor who plays the Tin Man in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 60% | TOMHOLLAND | 10 | Actor who plays Spider-Man in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Actor who played David Dunn in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | FREDASTAIRE | 11 | "Top Hat" actor who played a con man in "The Towering Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 60% | WILLSMITH | 9 | "Concussion" actor who plays Henry Brogen (and his clone) in "Gemini Man": 2 wds. |
| 60% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | "Chinatown" actor who played Colonel Nathan Jessep in "A Few Good Men": 2 wds. |
| 60% | JEFFBRIDGES | 11 | "The Old Man" actor who played "The Dude" in 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 59% | HARRYANDERSON | 13 | Actor who played Judge Stone on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | JAVIERBARDEM | 12 | "Skyfall" actor who played villain Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men": 2 wds. |
| 59% | BILLIRWIN | 9 | "Legion" actor who played Eddie Collins in "Eight Men Out": 2 wds. |
| 59% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "The Notebook" actor who plays in the indie rock band Dead Man's Bones: 2 wds. |