| 100% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | "Suicide Squad" and 12-Down vigilante played by 5-Down (2 wds.) |
| 60% | MARGOTROBBIE | 12 | "Bombshell" Oscar-nominated actress who plays 7-Down in "Suicide Squad" and 12-Down (2 wds.) |
| 52% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Actor who played Bloodsport in DC's "The Suicide Squad" and Heimdall in Marvel's "Thor": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RICHARDKIMBLE | 13 | Role played by 18- and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | DC supervillain who goes by the name of Harleen Frances Quinzel, and appears in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 46% | APOLLOCREED | 11 | Rocky's opponent in "Rocky" and "Rocky II," played by Carl Weathers: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LEXLUTHOR | 9 | Superman nemesis played by Gene Hackman and Jesse Eisenberg: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELLIOTSTABLER | 13 | "Law & Order: SVU" main character for seasons 1 to 12, played by Christopher Meloni: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LUKESKYWALKER | 13 | 15-Across and 48-Across hero played by Mark Hamill (2 wds.) |
| 44% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "Fences" actress who plays a government official in "The Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JERRYOCONNELL | 13 | "Scary Movie 5" actor who played Vern in "Stand by Me": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 film where Kevin Kline and a Holocaust survivor played by Meryl Streep are a couple: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALICEBRAGA | 10 | "The New Mutants" actress who plays a revolutionary in "The Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 44% | TOMPARKER | 9 | Real-life talent manager and "Colonel" played by Tom Hanks in "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 43% | TEARME | 6 | "___ down," opening number for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," performed by Hedwig and Yitzhak: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NEWTSCAMANDER | 13 | Character played by 15-Across in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DOCTORSTRANGE | 13 | Superhero co-created by 41-Across and played by Benedict Cumberbatch (2 wds.) |
| 43% | COMANCHEMOON | 12 | Bestselling novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Val Kilmer and Steve Zahn (2 wds.) |
| 43% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Mafia don played by both 14-Across and 28-Across in the "Godfather" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Real-life animator and film producer played by Tom Hanks in "Saving Mr. Banks": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNCENA | 8 | "The Suicide Squad" actor who plays Jakob Toretto in "Fast X" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | AFEW | 4 | "___ Good Men" (play and film written by Aaron Sorkin): 2 wds. |
| 41% | JENNIFERWORTH | 13 | Former nurse whose memoirs inspired 32-Across and the character played by Jessica Raine (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MARGOTROBBIE | 12 | "The Suicide Squad" actress who plays Valerie Voze in "Amsterdam" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MADMAX | 6 | Futuristic action hero played by Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GORDONMALLOY | 12 | Helmsman and lieutenant played by Scott Grimes on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones (2 wds.) |
| 41% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WILLSMITH | 9 | "Concussion" actor who played Deadshot in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 41% | EVAPERON | 8 | Argentine leader played by Patti LuPone and Madonna (2 wds.) |