| 100% | SUSANSARANDON | 13 | 18-Across and 43-Across actress who plays Carla's mother in "A Bad Moms Christmas" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Overboard" actress who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 53% | PIPERLAURIE | 11 | "Carrie" actress who played 27-Across's mother in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 52% | KATIEFINNERAN | 13 | "Bloodline" and "Brockmire" actress who plays Millie's mother in "Freaky" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Split" and "Glass" actress who plays 43-Across in a 2020 film (3 wds.) |
| 52% | ELIZABETHOLSEN | 14 | Actress who plays a powerful witch in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | WHOOPIGOLDBERG | 14 | "Sister Act" actress who played God in the films "A Little Bit of Heaven" and "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | DIANNEWIEST | 11 | "The Mule" actress who played Sam and Michael's mother Lucy in "The Lost Boys": 2 wds. |
| 49% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Desperate Housewives" actress who plays Dora's mom in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | HAYLEYATWELL | 12 | "Agent Carter" actress who plays 18-Across's wife Evelyn in "Christopher Robin": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SONJASOHN | 9 | "The Wire" actress who plays Nancy, the title boxer's mother, in a 2023 biopic about 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who plays 43-Across in a 1996 film (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ANNEBANCROFT | 12 | Actress who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing Helen Keller's teacher in "The Miracle Worker": 2 wds. |
| 48% | CRISTINMILIOTI | 14 | Actress who plays a wedding guest who's stuck in a time loop in 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "Selena" singer and actress who plays an ex-assassin in the new movie "The Mother": 2 wds. |
| 47% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" actress who voiced the title character's mother in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALLYSHEEDY | 10 | Actress who, in 1985, played a high school outcast in "The Breakfast Club" and an aspiring architect in "St. Elmo's Fire": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MARISATOMEI | 11 | "My Cousin Vinny" actress who plays 30-Across's mother in "The King of Staten Island": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SHOELESSJOE | 11 | Nickname of "Black Sox" outfielder Jackson who's a character in 18-Across and 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | GLENNCLOSE | 10 | "Fatal Attraction" actress who played Iris Gaines, Roy Hobbs's girlfriend, in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JESSEPINKMAN | 12 | Character played by Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad", who was a crystal meth dealer and worked with the character played by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NAOMIEHARRIS | 12 | Actress who played Chiron's biological mother Paula in "Moonlight": 2 wds. |
| 47% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Mamma Mia!" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ANDIEMACDOWELL | 14 | "Four Weddings and a Funeral" actress who plays news producer Rita Hanson in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | OLYMPIADUKAKIS | 14 | "Moonstruck" actress who played Mollie's mother Rosie in "Look Who's Talking": 2 wds. |
| 46% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DAKOTAJOHNSON | 13 | Actress who will play Anastasia Steele in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who plays a mother in "The Blind Side" (2 wds.) |