| 100% | SLEEPLESS | 9 | __ in Seattle, Ryan and Hanks play lovers |
| 48% | MAIL | 4 | Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks got this in the 1998 romcom |
| 46% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___," 1993 romcom starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan |
| 45% | TOM | 3 | ___ Hanks, actor from California famous for playing Captain Miller in "Saving Private Ryan" |
| 45% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___," 1993 romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan |
| 40% | KRISTINDAVIS | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who plays the former lover of the thief in "Cash Out" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MEG | 3 | "Sleepless in Seattle" actress ___ Ryan |
| 40% | MEG | 3 | "Sleepless in Seattle" star ___ Ryan |
| 40% | MEG | 3 | "Sleepless in Seattle" actress Ryan |
| 40% | MEG | 3 | "Sleepless in Seattle" star Ryan |
| 38% | TOYSTORY | 8 | Tom Hanks played Woody in this Pixar movie |
| 38% | GEAREDUP | 8 | In uniform and ready to play |
| 38% | OTHELLO | 7 | Play set in Venice and Cyprus |
| 37% | ROMCOMS | 7 | "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Pretty Woman," for example |
| 37% | PYM | 3 | Scientist Hank played by Michael Douglas in "Ant-Man" |
| 37% | CRESSIDA | 8 | Lover of Troilus in a Shakespeare play |
| 37% | KENS | 4 | Ryan Gosling and Kingsley Ben-Adir in "Barbie" |
| 37% | GEAREDUP | 8 | In uniform and ready to play (2 wds.) |
| 36% | COLINHANKS | 10 | Actor who plays officer Gus Grimly in "Fargo" and whose father is Tom Hanks: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NHL | 3 | The Seattle Kraken play in it |
| 36% | TROLLEYBUS | 10 | Transportation option in Philadelphia and Seattle |
| 36% | UKE | 3 | Something Ryan Gosling plays, in brief |
| 36% | SOFTBALL | 8 | Sport played in slowpitch and fastpitch |
| 36% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Tom Hanks film: Abbr. |
| 36% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Ryan, actor in Deadpool and The Hitman's Bodyguard |
| 36% | BIANCA | 6 | Lover of Cassio in William Shakespeare stage play Othello |
| 36% | BRADLEE | 7 | Editor played by Hanks in "The Post" |
| 36% | CHICAGO | 7 | City in Illinois; broadway play and movie |
| 36% | DJS | 3 | They play and mix records in clubs |
| 36% | DEAD | 4 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in the Stoppard play |