| 100% | BENGRIMM | 8 | "The Thing" played by Jamie Bell in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | BERNIETAUPIN | 12 | Lyricist and frequent 17-Across collaborator played by Jamie Bell in 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | SUESTORM | 8 | "Invisible Woman" played by Kate Mara in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | Housewife played by 29-Across in "All in the Family": 2 wds. |
| 53% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Mafia don played by both 14-Across and 28-Across in the "Godfather" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 52% | STARRCARTER | 11 | Character played by Amandla Stenberg in the movie adaptation of 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JEANVALJEAN | 11 | Bread thief played by 18-Across in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | DOCTORWATSON | 12 | Character played by 27-Across in the BBC's "Sherlock" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | KELLYKAPOWSKI | 13 | Bayside cheerleader played by Tiffani Thiessen on "Saved by the Bell": 2 wds. |
| 50% | LISATURTLE | 10 | Aspiring fashion designer played by Lark Voorhies on "Saved by the Bell": 2 wds. |
| 50% | BERNIEMADOFF | 12 | Disgraced former financier played by 17-Across in "The Wizard of Lies": 2 wds. |
| 50% | JEREMYCAMP | 10 | Singer/songwriter played by K.J. Apa in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MIKEWHEELER | 11 | Played by Finn Wolfhard, character who is one of Will Byers' three friends in "Stranger Things": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LEFTWING | 8 | Position played by 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ZACKMORRIS | 10 | Frequent nuisance to Principal Belding played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar on "Saved by the Bell": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by 31-Across in 1969's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | BILLYELLIOT | 11 | Dance drama in which Jamie Bell plays a young boy aspiring to become a ballet dancer during the U.K. miners' strike: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BILBOBAGGINS | 12 | Character played by 27-Across in "The Hobbit" films (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SONNYCORLEONE | 13 | Character played by James Edmund Caan in "The Godfather": 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHITEYWINN | 10 | Character played by actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster in the hit Netflix television drama mini-series "Godless": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Actor who meets his younger self, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in the 2012 film "Looper": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Pirate played by Johnny Depp in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | Song performed by Elton John in the film adaptation of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HEATHERLEE | 10 | Character played by Alicia Vikander in the action spy movie "Jason Bourne": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JUDYGARLAND | 11 | She played Dorothy in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Pirate captain played by Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Baseball superstar played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2013 biopic "42": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RAFESADLER | 10 | Character played by actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster in the British television serial "Wolf Hall" based on Hilary Mantel novels: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SWEENEYTODD | 11 | Barber played by Johnny Depp in the movie subtitled "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JUNEOSBORNE | 11 | Original name of the character played by 30a in the series in 18a: 2 wds. |