| 100% | DORNAN | 6 | Actor Jamie, star of Fifty Shades and The Fall |
| 56% | DORNAN | 6 | Jamie __, actor of The Fall/Fifty Shades of Grey |
| 50% | DORNAN | 6 | Fifty Shades of Grey star, Jamie __ |
| 45% | EMILE | 5 | Actor Hirsch, star of Milk and The Girl Next Door |
| 44% | VIGGO | 5 | First name of Lord of the Rings and Falling actor |
| 43% | DORNAN | 6 | Jamie ___, co-star in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movies |
| 43% | DAKOTA | 6 | Johnson, star of the "Fifty Shades" film series |
| 43% | DAKOTAJOHNSON | 13 | Granddaughter of Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith who starred in the "Fifty Shades" film trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SCOTTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who stars in "The Fate of the Furious", and whose father is Clint Eastwood: 2 wds. |
| 42% | FESSPARKER | 10 | Actor who starred in the title roles of TV's "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Pop star with the 2023 début album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” |
| 41% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "Colorful" star of the 2003 film "School of Rock" and top-billed voice actor in "Kung Fu Panda": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ORLANDOBLOOM | 12 | Actor who starred in both the "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Lord of the Rings" movie franchises: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HUGHOBRIAN | 10 | Actor who starred in the title role of TV's "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp": 2 wds. |
| 40% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Star of Smokey and the Bandit: Burt __ |
| 40% | ANNAFARIS | 9 | Star of The House Bunny and Mom |
| 40% | MIAGOTH | 7 | Star of X and the upcoming MaXXXine |
| 40% | PAULNEWMAN | 10 | Actor who stars in the film adaptations of the Walter Tevis novels "The Color of Money" and "The Hustler" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ROONEY | 6 | Star of the biopic: "Words and Music": Mickey __ |
| 39% | MATTDAMON | 9 | Star of The Martian and Good Will Hunting |
| 39% | BINOCHE | 7 | Star of Damage and The English Patient, Juliette |
| 39% | EMMAWATSON | 10 | Star of 2017's "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 39% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 39% | AMYADAMS | 8 | Star of Enchanted and The Woman in the Window |
| 39% | OTT | 3 | Giant star of the 1930s and '40s |
| 39% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Burt, star of Smokey and the Bandit |
| 39% | CATTRALL | 8 | Kim __, star of Sex and the City |
| 38% | NIAGARA | 7 | The falls located on the border of NY and Canada |
| 38% | DEMIMOORE | 9 | Star of G.I. Jane and The Scarlet Letter films |
| 38% | ALLISON | 7 | Tall star of The West Wing, actor Janney |