| 100% | KILMER | 6 | Actor Val ___ who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 61% | KINGSLEY | 8 | Actor Ben ___ who played Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 55% | VAL | 3 | ___ Kilmer, actor from "Top Gun" who was born on New Year's Eve |
| 47% | HOPKINS | 7 | Sir Anthony ___, famed actor who was born on New Year's Eve |
| 47% | BEN | 3 | ___ Kingsley, actor from "Gandhi" who was born on New Year's Eve |
| 46% | VAL | 3 | ___ Kilmer, actor who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun" |
| 39% | VALKILMER | 9 | "The Doors" actor who plays flight instructor Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun: Maverick" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | Actor who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 36% | GARYSINISE | 10 | Actor who played Mac Taylor on "CSI: NY" and was awarded the James Cardinal Gibbons Medal in 2017 |
| 36% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays W'Kabi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 36% | COLINHANKS | 10 | Actor who plays officer Gus Grimly in "Fargo" and whose father is Tom Hanks: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Tolkan, actor who played Tom "Stinger" Jardian in "Top Gun" |
| 35% | BALLDROP | 8 | New Year's Eve tradition in the Big Apple, and what can be found in 3-, 8-, 33-, and 37-Down? |
| 34% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who starred in Top Gun and The Doors |
| 34% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who plays Navy pilot Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | AKINS | 5 | Actor Claude who played Sheriff Lobo on "B.J. and the Bear" |
| 33% | CAPRICORN | 9 | Star sign of someone born on New Year's Eve |
| 33% | AZIZANSARI | 10 | Actor-comedian who played Tom Haverford in US sitcom Parks and Recreation |
| 33% | BOSTON | 6 | First Night ___, a New Year's Eve artistic and cultural celebration, that was first held in 1975 |
| 33% | LEWISPULLMAN | 12 | "Top Gun: Maverick" actor who plays Calvin Evans on "Lessons in Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ORLANDO | 7 | Actor Bloom who plays Legolas in five films and Will Turner in four films |
| 33% | PAULBETTANY | 11 | Actor who plays a powerful android in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who played Philip Hamilton in "Hamilton": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Leonard Bernstein in "Maestro": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DAVECHAPPELLE | 13 | "A Star Is Born" actor who played Reggie Warrington in "The Nutty Professor": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DICKVANPATTEN | 13 | Actor who played widowed father Tom Bradford on "Eight Is Enough": 3 wds. |
| 32% | ALDA | 4 | Actor who played a senator on “The West Wing” and in “The Aviator” |
| 32% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Actor who played Hercule Poirot in 2017's "Murder on the Orient Express" and 2022's "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 32% | KEVIN | 5 | ___ Hart, actor who is a stand-up comedian and rose to fame after playing Luke in Judd Apatow's "Undeclared" |
| 31% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |