| 100% | JESSELMARTIN | 12 | 14-Across and 49-Across portrayer who plays behavioral psychology professor Alec Mercer on the NBC crime drama "The Irrational" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | SHADESOFBLUE | 12 | NBC crime drama on which 17-Across played cop Tess Nazario: 3 wds. |
| 34% | DREADEMATTEO | 12 | Actress who played Adriana La Cerva on HBO crime drama "The Sopranos": 3 wds. |
| 31% | SELENAGOMEZ | 11 | 18-Across and 30-Across singer who plays Mabel Mora on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MACKENZIEDAVIS | 14 | "Irresistible" actress who played Cameron Howe on the AMC drama "Halt and Catch Fire" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JEREMYSISTO | 11 | "Law & Order" actor who plays agent Jubal Valentine on the new CBS crime drama "FBI" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MICHAELCHALL | 12 | 19-Across and 33-Across actor who played John F. Kennedy on "The Crown" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | ISABELSANFORD | 13 | Actress who played Louise on "All in the Family" and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SHADESOFBLUE | 12 | NBC crime drama starring 32-Across and Ray Liotta (3 wds.) |
| 30% | EVANRACHELWOOD | 14 | "Once and Again" actress who plays the host Dolores Abernathy on HBO's "Westworld" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | KENNETHCHOI | 11 | Actor who played Chester Ming on "The Wolf of Wall Street" and portrays the role of Judge Lance Ito in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 30% | DOUGRAYSCOTT | 12 | "Taken 3" actor who plays Kate's father Jacob on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | "The Glorias" actress who played Frannie Hughes and Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera "As the World Turns" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THEWILDROBOT | 12 | 2024 animated film featuring the voices of Pedro Pascal, 14-Across, and 31-Across about an automaton who befriends animals on a remote island (3 wds.) |
| 29% | ALEXISBLEDEL | 12 | "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" actress who played daughter Rory on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | RUBYROSE | 8 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who plays Kate Kane on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CYNTHIANIXON | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who plays socialite Ada Brook on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LINCOLNRHYME | 12 | Fictional quadriplegic detective created by 32-Across who is played by Russell Hornsby in a new NBC crime drama series (2 wds.) |
| 29% | WAGONTRAIN | 10 | Western drama about settlers traveling across the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains that premiered on NBC in 1957 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SONSOFANARCHY | 13 | FX crime drama on which 17-Across played Jax's ex-wife Wendy Case: 3 wds. |
| 29% | CYNTHIANIXON | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who plays struggling socialite Ada Brook on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | REGINAKING | 10 | Actress who played Aliyah Shadeed and Terri LaCroix on "American Crime": 2 wds. |
| 29% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | Actor who played Russ Skokie and Dan Sullivan on "American Crime": 2 wds. |
| 29% | LILITAYLOR | 10 | Actress who played Nancy Straumberg and Anne Blaine on "American Crime": 2 wds. |
| 29% | PONCEDELEON | 11 | Explorer who in 1513 became the first European to set foot in 14-Across, and gave the state its name: 3 wds. |
| 29% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 28% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | "Castle" actor who plays new cop John Nolan on the new ABC police drama "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," 3-Down, 16-Across, and 49-Across singer who turns 75 years old on May 9, 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | CUBAGOODING | 11 | Academy Award-winning actor from "Jerry Maguire", who plays the TV version of 14-Across in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | 14-Across and 26-Across band who also had a hit with the 1965 song "California Girls" (3 wds.) |