| 100% | ARIANMOAYED | 11 | "Succession" actor who plays defense attorney Todd Spodek in 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | "Creed" actor who plays defense attorney Bryan Stevenson in 48-Across (3 wds.) |
| 57% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | JONAHHILL | 9 | "Moneyball" actor who plays himself in 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SETHROGEN | 9 | "Knocked Up" actor who plays himself in 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who played disc jockey Dave Garver in 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | ANSELELGORT | 11 | "Baby Driver" actor who plays Theo in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | OAKESFEGLEY | 11 | "Pete's Dragon" actor who plays young Theo in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | GARYCOLEMAN | 11 | Actor who played 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DEBRAWINGER | 11 | "Urban Cowboy" actress who played defense attorney Laura Kelly in "Legal Eagles": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | 30-Across actor who plays Danny Ocean in "Ocean's Eleven" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who plays 26-/37-Across in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GREGORYPECK | 11 | "To Kill a Mockingbird" actor who played attorney Sam Bowden in the 1962 film "Cape Fear": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | KIERANCULKIN | 12 | "Succession" actor who plays Benji in the new movie "A Real Pain": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | "Big Fish" actor who played attorney Ed Masry in "Erin Brockovich": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JACKCOLEMAN | 11 | "Dynasty" actor who plays Noah Bennet on 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays Luke Collins on 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Top Gun" actor who played JAG attorney Daniel Kaffee in "A Few Good Men": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Actor who played David Dunn in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JACKIEGLEASON | 13 | Actor who played Minnesota Fats in 18-Across: 2 wds. |