| 100% | SANAALATHAN | 11 | "The Best Man Holiday" star whose first name is the capital of Yemen: 2 wds. |
| 74% | PARISHILTON | 11 | "The Simple Life" star whose first name is the capital of France: 2 wds. |
| 74% | SOFIAVERGARA | 12 | "Modern Family" star whose first name is the capital of Bulgaria: 2 wds. |
| 66% | OLYMPIADUKAKIS | 14 | "Moonstruck" actress whose first name is the capital of Washington: 2 wds. |
| 65% | JACKSONBROWNE | 13 | "Doctor, My Eyes" singer whose first name is the capital of Mississippi: 2 wds. |
| 63% | PIERRETRUDEAU | 13 | Former prime minister of Canada whose first name is the capital of South Dakota: 2 wds. |
| 59% | JANUARYJONES | 12 | "Mad Men" Emmy nominee whose first name is a month of the year (2 wds.) |
| 55% | TONYCURTIS | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" star whose first name is the same as a Broadway award: 2 wds. |
| 53% | GRANTGUSTIN | 11 | "The Flash" star whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | First name of the cartoon character whose best friend is Patrick Star |
| 52% | KELLYMARIETRAN | 14 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actress whose first name is a shade of green: 3 wds. |
| 51% | KITHARINGTON | 12 | "Game of Thrones" actor whose first name is also the term for a baby fox: 2 wds. |
| 51% | AUGUSTWILSON | 12 | "Fences" Tony-winning playwright whose first name is a month of the year (2 wds.) |
| 50% | FORESTWHITAKER | 14 | "Respect" actor whose first name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 49% | EMERALDFENNELL | 14 | "Promising Young Woman" writer/director whose first name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 49% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 49% | JUNECARTERCASH | 14 | "Ring of Fire" songwriter and five-time Grammy winner whose first name is a month of the year (2 wds.) |
| 48% | CYBILLSHEPHERD | 14 | "Moonlighting" actress and star of a 1990s CBS sitcom, whose title was her first name: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 48% | MARTINLAWRENCE | 14 | Stand-up comedian and star of a 1990s Fox sitcom, whose title was his first name: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Talk show host and star of a 1990s ABC sitcom, whose title was her first name: 2 wds. |
| 48% | EMMYROSSUM | 10 | "Shameless" actress whose first name is the same as a TV award: 2 wds. |
| 47% | KEKEPALMER | 10 | "Turnt Up With the Taylors" star whose first name has a repeated "ee" sound: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RYANREYNOLDS | 12 | Movie star whose first major role was one of the guys on the sitcom "Two Guys and a Girl" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BROOKLOPEZ | 10 | Milwaukee Bucks player whose first name is a small body of water: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BOBBYJINDAL | 11 | Governor of Louisiana whose actual first name is Piyush: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANAIVANOVIC | 11 | Retired Serbian tennis player whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RIVERPHOENIX | 12 | "Stand by Me" actor whose first name is a medium-sized body of water: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CRIMESCENE | 10 | "CSI: ___," with 31-Across, the name of a TV show Liev Schreiber - whose birthday it is today - guest starred in as Michael Keppler: 2 wds. |