| 100% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | 34-Across costar who plays the former flame of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JANELYNCH | 9 | "Glee" costar who played the main character's mother in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | GINARODRIGUEZ | 13 | Actress who plays the title role on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 50% | PETEROTOOLE | 11 | "Lawrence of Arabia" actor who played the title Latin teacher in 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | JAYNEATKINSON | 13 | "House of Cards" actress who plays the U.S. Attorney General on 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | 34-Across costar who plays a defense contractor with a romantic conflict: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DAVEBAUTISTA | 12 | Former wrestler who played Drax the Destroyer in "Guardians of the Galaxy": 2 wds. |
| 50% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 50% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | "Flight of the Phoenix" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DAMIANMCGINTY | 13 | "Glee" singer/actor who was the youngest member of 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | KRISTINDAVIS | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who plays the former lover of the thief in "Cash Out" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JONBARINHOLTZ | 13 | "Superstore" actor who plays Wesley Payne, grandson of the former CEO, on "American Auto": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 49% | NATTURNER | 9 | Historical figure who's the focus of 15-/25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ANDYSAMBERG | 11 | Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member who plays 34-Across on 15-Across/41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GARRETTMORRIS | 13 | Original "Saturday Night Live" cast member who plays the cashier on 15-Across' show: 2 wds. |
| 48% | IKEBARINHOLTZ | 13 | "The Afterparty" actor who plays executive Sal Saperstein on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 48% | CHRISHEMSWORTH | 14 | "Rush" actor who plays Thor, the former king of Asgard, in "Thor: Love and Thunder": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ADAMLAMBERT | 11 | Former "American Idol" contestant who played the Emcee in "Cabaret" after 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HARVEYKORMAN | 12 | Costar of 39-Across who played a villain in "Blazing Saddles": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | Actor from "The Italian Job", who plays the lead role of Cade Yeager in 30-Across : 2 wds. |
| 47% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CUBAGOODING | 11 | Academy Award-winning actor from "Jerry Maguire", who plays the TV version of 14-Across in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 47% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LIVTYLER | 8 | "Armageddon" actress who played the lead singer's girlfriend Faye in 34-Across: 2 wds. |