| 100% | WINNIECOOPER | 12 | 16-Across role for 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 70% | SHELDONCOOPER | 13 | Emmy-winning role for 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | ROSAMUNDPIKE | 12 | "Saltburn" actress who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 69% | HANKMOODY | 9 | "Californication" role for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | THEUK | 5 | What 15-, 16-, 26-, and 34-/44-Across make up together, for short: 2 wds. |
| 67% | RICHARDKIMBLE | 13 | Role played by 18- and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 67% | FOXMULDER | 9 | "The X-Files" role for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | MOLLYFLYNN | 10 | Title role for Melissa McCarthy on a CBS sitcom that ended May 16, 2016: 2 wds. |
| 62% | PHOENIXMERCURY | 14 | Arizona-based WNBA champions that 16-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 61% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | MIAMIHERALD | 11 | Florida newspaper for which 44-Across is a columnist: 2 wds |
| 60% | CENTERFIELDER | 13 | 14-Across's defensive role for most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 60% | PRINCEHAMLET | 12 | Shakespearean Tony-winning stage role for 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | BRISCOEDARLING | 14 | "The Andy Griffith Show" role for 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | UNCLEJESSE | 10 | "The Dukes of Hazzard" role for 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | "All in the Family" role for 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 59% | TONYTODD | 8 | "Final Destination" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | JACOBYBRISSETT | 14 | He replaced 16-Across as the starting quarterback for the Colts: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ROSENYLUND | 10 | Emmy-winning "The Golden Girls" role for 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | RAMONRODRIGUEZ | 14 | "Charlie's Angels" actor who plays the title role on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | SHERMANPOTTER | 13 | "M*A*S*H" role for Harry Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 58% | HAWKEYEPIERCE | 13 | "M*A*S*H" role for Alan Alda: 2 wds. |
| 58% | LIEVSCHREIBER | 13 | "Spotlight" actor who has been nominated for three Emmys for playing the title role on 43-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | BITPART | 7 | Insignificant role for a secondary actor: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | "Flight of the Phoenix" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | LILIESOF | 8 | With 44-Across, film for which 30-Across won the Oscar for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 56% | NOTESAPP | 8 | 16-Down program used for jotting things down: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BEA | 3 | "A teacher should ___ role model for her students.": 2 wds. |
| 56% | DAVIDDUCHOVNY | 13 | Winner of Golden Globes (1997, 2008) for his roles as 15-Across and 51-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | "American Hustle" actor who won an Oscar for his role in 48-Across' "The Fighter": 2 wds. |