| 100% | PAULBETTANY | 11 | Actor who plays a powerful android in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 96% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 96% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 92% | VINDIESEL | 9 | "The Fast and Furious" actor who plays a Marine turned supersoldier in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 90% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | Actor who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 90% | CHARLIECOX | 10 | Actor who plays the Marvel Comics hero Daredevil in "Daredevil" and "The Defenders" on Netflix (2 wds.) |
| 90% | TOBYSTEPHENS | 12 | "Lost in Space" actor who plays Poseidon on "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" (2 wds.) |
| 89% | NEILFLYNN | 9 | Actor who played the janitor in "Scrubs" and stars as Mike Heck in 53-Across (2 wds.) |
| 88% | DAVIDHARBOUR | 12 | "Stranger Things" actor who plays a veteran race car driver and trainer in "Gran Turismo" (2 wds.) |
| 88% | MIKECOLTER | 10 | Actor who plays the Marvel Comics hero Luke Cage in "Luke Cage" and "The Defenders" on Netflix (2 wds.) |
| 88% | BOBODENKIRK | 11 | Actor who played Jimmy McGill on "Better Call Saul" and Saul Goodman on 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 88% | BOBODENKIRK | 11 | Actor who plays Jimmy McGill in "Better Call Saul" and Saul Goodman in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 87% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays W'Kabi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 87% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 86% | ETHANHAWKE | 10 | Actor who plays Jesse in the 31-Across and who turns 50 years old today (2 wds.) |
| 86% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 86% | WILLIAMZABKA | 12 | Actor who plays Johnny Lawrence in "Cobra Kai" and 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 86% | RALPHMACCHIO | 12 | Actor who plays Daniel LaRusso in "Cobra Kai" and 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 86% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Actor who plays 29-Across in "GoldenEye," "Tomorrow Never Dies," "The World Is Not Enough," and 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 85% | JONATHANBANKS | 13 | Actor who played Mike Ehrmantraut on "Better Call Saul" and 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 85% | JONATHANBANKS | 13 | Actor who plays Mike Ehrmantraut in "Better Call Saul" and 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 85% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | "Death on the Nile" actor/director who plays Hercule Poirot in and directed "A Haunting in Venice" (2 wds.) |
| 85% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" voice actor who plays guitarist and substitute teacher Dewey in 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 85% | KYLECHANDLER | 12 | Actor who plays Cathcart in the Hulu miniseries based on 39-Across's "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 85% | ELIZABETHOLSEN | 14 | Actress who plays a powerful witch in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 85% | ADAMSCOTT | 9 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays memory-blocked worker Mark on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 85% | JAMESBROLIN | 11 | "Marcus Welby, M.D." actor who plays the father on 29-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 85% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Actor who played Hercule Poirot in 2017's "Murder on the Orient Express" and 2022's "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 84% | KENNETHCHOI | 11 | Actor who played Chester Ming on "The Wolf of Wall Street" and portrays the role of Judge Lance Ito in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 84% | ISABELSANFORD | 13 | Actress who played Louise on "All in the Family" and 45-Across (2 wds.) |