| 100% | KYRASEDGWICK | 12 | "The Closer" star who plays producer/mom Jane Sadler in 17-/37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Die Hard" star who plays the original G.I. Joe in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | MICHAELEALY | 11 | "Barbershop" star who plays Dorian, the main android cop in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 48% | KEIRAKNIGHTLEY | 14 | "Anna Karenina" star who plays Elizabeth Bennet in the film adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | "Moulin Rouge!" star who plays the mother in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TESSATHOMPSON | 13 | "Creed" star who plays Agent M in the new "Men in Black" movie: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | "Invictus" star who plays the vice president in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |
| 47% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "A Beautiful Mind" star who plays the father in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHRISROCK | 9 | "Grown Ups" star who played Rufus, the thirteenth apostle, in "Dogma": 2 wds. |
| 47% | KITCONNOR | 9 | "Heartstopper" star who plays a Navy SEAL in the 2025 drama "Warfare": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOELEDGERTON | 12 | "Zero Dark Thirty" star who plays the head therapist in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SALMAHAYEK | 10 | "Frida" star who played Serendipity, the muse of creative inspiration, in "Dogma": 2 wds. |
| 46% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CHRISHEMSWORTH | 14 | "The Avengers" star who plays Agent H in the new "Men in Black" movie: 2 wds. |
| 46% | EMILYMORTIMER | 13 | Actress who plays MacKenzie McHale, the executive producer on 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BLAKELIVELY | 11 | "Gossip Girl" star who plays Lily in the upcoming movie "It Ends With Us": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | "That '70s Show" star who played the CEO of Apple in 2013's "Jobs": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MATTDAMON | 9 | "Good Will Hunting" star who played fallen angel Loki in the 1999 film "Dogma": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ARMIEHAMMER | 11 | "The Lone Ranger" star who played the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BENPLATT | 8 | "The Politician" star who plays the title role in the movie adaptation of "Dear Evan Hansen": 2 wds. |
| 45% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who played rock star Jim Morrison in the 1991 film "The Doors": 2 wds. |
| 45% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who played rock star Freddie Mercury in the 2018 film "Bohemian Rhapsody": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JEANSTAPLETON | 13 | Actress who played mom Edith Bunker on "All in the Family": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JESSEEISENBERG | 14 | "A Real Pain" star who played the CEO of Facebook in 2010's "The Social Network": 2 wds. |
| 45% | PATRICKWILSON | 13 | "The Commuter" star who plays Ocean Master in "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 45% | KRISTENSTEWART | 14 | "Twilight" star who plays Sabina in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MIKETYSON | 9 | Boxing star who played himself in "The Hangover": 2 wds. |