| 100% | BENFELDMAN | 10 | Actor who plays Jonah Simms on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | BENFELDMAN | 10 | "Mad Men" actor who plays Jonah on 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 63% | HARRYANDERSON | 13 | Actor who played Judge Stone on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | DONADAMS | 8 | Actor who played Agent 86 on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | JAMESBROLIN | 11 | Actor who played a physician on 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | KEVINCOSTNER | 12 | "Bull Durham" actor who plays billionaire rancher John Dutton on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | "That '70s Show" actor who has been played by 17-Across on "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ADAMSCOTT | 9 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays memory-blocked worker Mark on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | RYANEGGOLD | 10 | "The Blacklist" actor who plays 17-Across on 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | DAVEEDDIGGS | 11 | "Hamilton" actor who plays Andre Layton on 13-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | HARRYANDERSON | 13 | Actor who plays Judge Stone on 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | JOEMANTEGNA | 11 | Actor who plays David Rossi on 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | MATTHEWPERRY | 12 | Actor who played Chandler Bing on 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | JACKKLUGMAN | 11 | Actor who played Oscar Madison on 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | CARROLLOCONNOR | 14 | Actor who played Archie Bunker on 56-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | HARRYANDERSON | 13 | Actor who played Judge Stone on 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | CARROLLOCONNOR | 14 | Actor who played Archie on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | WILLIAMHMACY | 12 | "Fargo" actor who plays 17-Across's father on "Shameless": 3 wds. |
| 57% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | CHRISELLIOTT | 12 | "Groundhog Day" actor who plays the mayor on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BOBBYCANNAVALE | 14 | "Boardwalk Empire" actor who plays husband Dean on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Actor who directed 17-Across and played the title character: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ALEXKARRAS | 10 | Actor who played the adoptive father on "Webster": 2 wds. |
| 57% | EMMANUELLEWIS | 13 | Actor who played the title character on "Webster": 2 wds. |
| 57% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | Actor who played Dr. Frasier Crane on "Frasier": 2 wds. |
| 57% | WILLIAMDEVANE | 13 | Actor who played Greg Sumner on "Knots Landing": 2 wds. |
| 57% | CHARLIEHEATON | 13 | Actor who played Jonathan Byers on "Stranger Things": 2 wds. |
| 57% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Actor who played Louie De Palma on "Taxi": 2 wds. |
| 57% | TONYGOLDWYN | 11 | Actor who played President Fitzgerald Grant on "Scandal": 2 wds. |