| 100% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who plays Navy pilot Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 78% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | Actor who plays Navy pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | VALKILMER | 9 | "The Doors" actor who plays flight instructor Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun: Maverick" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "The Natural" actor who played assistant district attorney Tom Logan in "Legal Eagles": 2 wds. |
| 53% | KEVINBACON | 10 | "Footloose" actor who played Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 52% | KELLYMCGILLIS | 13 | Actress who plays Navy flight instructor Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | SHARLTOCOPLEY | 13 | "District 9" actor who plays King Stefan in "Maleficent": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TOMHOLLAND | 10 | Actor who plays Spider-Man in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | COLINHANKS | 10 | Actor who plays officer Gus Grimly in "Fargo" and whose father is Tom Hanks: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TOMMYKIRK | 9 | "Old Yeller" actor who played Wilby Daniels as a boy in 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JONFAVREAU | 10 | Actor who plays Happy Hogan in Marvel films, and has directed the pilot for "The Orville": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GARYSINISE | 10 | "Forrest Gump" actor who played grounded Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 49% | SHAWNHATOSY | 11 | "In & Out" actor who plays the son Andrew "Pope" Cody in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Actor who played David Dunn in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JACKIEGLEASON | 13 | Actor who played Minnesota Fats in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HENRYGOLDING | 12 | "Crazy Rich Asians" actor who plays Tom, who keeps running into Kate, in 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TOMHARDY | 8 | "The Dark Knight Rises" actor who plays "Mad" Max Rockatansky in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 48% | MICHAELMURRAY | 13 | Chad ____, the actor who plays 18-Across in "One Tree Hill": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BILLMURRAY | 10 | "Ghostbusters" actor who played TV weatherman Phil Connors in 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who plays 26-/37-Across in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |