| 100% | SEANASTIN | 9 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays a bicycle mechanic in 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 89% | MATTHEWMODINE | 13 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays a bicycle coach in 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 69% | DAVIDHARBOUR | 12 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays a Hydra supersoldier in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 68% | CHARLIEHEATON | 13 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays Sam Guthrie/Cannonball in 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | DAVIDHARBOUR | 12 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays a veteran race car driver and trainer in "Gran Turismo" (2 wds.) |
| 59% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 58% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 58% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | FINNWOLFHARD | 12 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays Trevor Spengler in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire": 2 wds. |
| 58% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 58% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 57% | FINNWOLFHARD | 12 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays young Richie in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | CHARLIEHEATON | 13 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays Cannonball in "The New Mutants": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 2012's "Dark Shadows": 2 wds. |
| 55% | MANNYJACINTO | 12 | Actor who played Yao on "Nine Perfect Strangers" and costarred in 29- and 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 55% | SHAQUILLEONEAL | 14 | 7'1" actor who played a genie in "Kazaam": 2 wds. |
| 55% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula": 2 wds. |
| 55% | NICOLASCAGE | 11 | "Renfield" actor who plays a biology professor in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "The Martian" actor who plays a master of the mystical arts in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | WILLEMDAFOE | 11 | "At Eternity's Gate" actor who plays a scientist who brings a dead woman back to life in "Poor Things" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | JAMESSTEWART | 12 | Actor who plays 14-Across in "It's a Wonderful Life" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike" actor who plays a cover model in 27-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | DAVIDHARBOUR | 12 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays Hellboy in "Hellboy" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | MRT | 3 | Actor who played Baracus in "The A-Team" series: 2 wds. |
| 54% | CHARLESGRODIN | 13 | "Beethoven" actor who plays a health-conscious mob accountant in 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | "Matilda" actor who played A-list actor Martin Weir in "Get Shorty": 2 wds. |